So that's about NZD 58K, plus travel costs. It's lot of money, granted, but when you have few/no other healthcare costs or major co-pays, it might be manageable.

Note, though, that the less-tightly-targeted radiation therapy that your universal healthcare pays for might catch additional cancer that hasn't been detected yet (making it less likely to "come back," as people describe it), so there's a potential benefit that comes with the drawback of more side effects.

Thanks for your reply I might have given the impression that I was looking for financial aid I wasn't now i can go ahead and hopefully end up with a positive result thanks again