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Lung cancer · Innovation
An American family’s search for a China-developed lung cancer medicine reveals the gap between approval and actual access.
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From a new cancer medicine to a different surgical plan: what patients were looking for, what they found, and what the reporting tells us.
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United States Shanghai
An American family’s search for a China-developed lung cancer medicine reveals the gap between approval and actual access.
Sources: South China Morning Post + 2
Case reporting through
New Zealand Shanghai
After earlier treatment failed, Bronkhorst looked to Shanghai for a different approach to gastric cancer.
Sources: Aju Press
Case reporting through
Canada Shanghai
The family chose a specialist surgical approach in Shanghai over an operation expected to remove their daughter’s spleen.
Sources: Yicai / 第一财经
Case reporting through
United Kingdom Shanghai
A rapidly worsening spinal deformity led a British family to seek specialist care at Shanghai’s Xinhua Hospital.
Sources: City News Service / Shanghai government
Case reporting through
Bulgaria Shanghai
After years of rehabilitation with limited progress, a Bulgarian family looked to a functional neurosurgery team in Shanghai.
Sources: Youth Daily / 青年报
Case reporting through
Australia Shanghai
After multiple treatments and relapses, an Australian doctor sought a further option in Shanghai and shared her experience with the BBC.
Sources: BBC World Service + 1
Case reporting through
New Zealand Shanghai
A New Zealand former police officer’s reported journey to Renji Hospital shows how specialist contact can precede treatment abroad.
Sources: RNZ, republished by Otago Daily Times
Case reporting through
New Zealand Shanghai
A CAR-T clinical trial in Shanghai became a further option after Julie Walker’s myeloma returned sooner than expected.
Sources: Now to Love New Zealand
Case reporting through
New Zealand Shanghai
Rapid lymphoma progression narrowed a local trial route. Walters later received CAR-T treatment in Shanghai.
Sources: Newstalk ZB + 1
Case reporting through
South Africa Shanghai
A former world canoe champion travelled to Shanghai for specialist assessment, with treatment eligibility still unresolved in the report.
Sources: MedicalBrief, citing News24
Case reporting through
We write from published reporting and name our sources. This collection draws on reports from the past five years; the selected accounts were published in 2024–2026. They include nine patient journeys and one family medicine-access story.
These are not China Care service cases. Reports describe individual experiences at particular dates; outcomes and access can change. Sources and their limitations are explained in each article.