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South Coast cancer treatment delayed due to lack of radiation services

The only way Peter Cormick could get his prostate cancer treated was by making a five-and-a-half hour round trip on a "dangerous goat track" while unwell. 

Living in Deua River Valley on the NSW South Coast, the 73-year-old could not initially afford to attend his 39 radiation appointments spread across eight weeks at the nearest facility in Canberra, which required him to stay overnight.

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