There are concerns our health system isn't keeping pace with our accelerating cancer rates.
The Cancer Control Agency's latest State of Cancer Report has found more New Zealanders are being diagnosed with cancer, but they're surviving cancer for longer.
It's projecting diagnoses will increase by 50% over the next two decades.
Otago University Medical Oncologist Dr Chris Jackson told Heather du Plessis-Allan this means fewer people getting scans, surgeries, and procedures.
He says funding is increasing, but outcomes aren't improving at the same rate.
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