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'Deficiencies in care': Man died after a series of missed opportunities to diagnose cancer

NEW ZEALAND, AUG 11 – Health New Zealand failed to perform key diagnostic tests and followed restrictive policies, delaying advanced rectal cancer diagnosis until 2021, Deputy Commissioner Caldwell found.

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Doctors failed to detect a man’s cancer in a series of missed opportunities that started when he first began getting symptoms in his late 30s. The man was...

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'Deficiencies in care': Man died after a series of missed opportunities to diagnose cancer

Doctors failed to detect a man’s cancer in a series of missed opportunities that started when he first began getting symptoms in his late 30s. The man was...

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NZ Herald broke the news in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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