7 August 2018 - "There are people dying, mums and dads and brothers and sisters."

Duncan Garner has made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to review Pharmac and prevent unnecessary cancer deaths.

Cancer Society's Dr Chris Jackson told Newshub New Zealand is lagging behind and the matter needs immediate attention.

"What's clear is that 2500 New Zealanders died from cancer whose lives could have been saved if they were treated in Australia over the course of the last five years," he said.

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