How is the country's new Cancer Control Agency going to balance the demand for new, expensive cancer treatments within limited resources? The establishment of the Agency was announced last last year charged with achieving equity and delivering nationally consistent services for all New Zealanders, no matter who they are or where they live. Cancer is New Zealand's number one killer, with more than 23,000 people diagnosed every year, and around 10 thousand dying of the disease - nearly a third of all recorded deaths. Kathryn talks with the interim Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency, Professor Diana Sarfati.
Diana Sarfati Photo: Otago University Wellington
