Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2018
New Zealand cancer survival rate worse than Australia's
19 February 2018 - About 2500 New Zealanders would have beaten cancer in the last five years if they had lived in Australia, new research has found.
The figures come from the Cancer Society's review of a recently released international report on cancer survival rates - the third international CONCORD study.
The study is an international scientific collaboration designed to monitor trends in the survival of cancer patients world-wide and involves 37.5 million patient outcomes from 71 countries.
