{"id":15983,"date":"2025-12-11T05:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:57:46","slug":"cancer-diagnosis-numbers-set-to-skyrocket-by-50-percent-over-next-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=15983","title":{"rendered":"Cancer diagnosis numbers set to skyrocket by 50 percent over next two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>People are surviving longer after cancer diagnosis &#8211; but New Zealand is not improving as fast as other high-income countries.<\/li>\n<li>M\u0101ori around 1.6 times more likely, and Pacific peoples 1.4 times more likely, to die from cancer than P\u0101keh\u0101 \/other ethnicity.<\/li>\n<li>Up to half of all cancers &#8220;preventable&#8221;: improved prevention efforts could see between 8000 and 14,000 fewer cancer diagnoses each year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of New Zealanders diagnosed with cancer each year is set to skyrocket by 50 percent in the next two decades to more than 45,000.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to a snapshot of the\u00a0<i>State of Cancer\u00a0<\/i>report over the last five years, released on Thursday by Te Aho o Te Kahu | Cancer Control Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The agency&#8217;s chief executive, Rami Rahal, said the projected increase &#8211; from about 30,000 new cases this year, to over 45,000 by 2044 &#8211; underscored the need for ongoing investment to ensure the health system was ready.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot respond to this big increase in demand by doing more of the same,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need new and innovative ways of delivering care and preventing cancers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the first\u00a0<i>State of Cancer<\/i>\u00a0report five years ago, there had been &#8220;encouraging progress&#8221; in key areas of prevention, early detection and treatment, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chance of surviving cancer has improved over the last 20 years. Smoking rates are declining across all ethnicities, and our national screening programmes are becoming more effective and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, much work is still needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That included the need for &#8220;sustained, targeted action&#8221; on reducing ethnic disparities: M\u0101ori were around 1.6 times more likely, and Pacific peoples 1.4 times more likely, to die from cancer than people of European\/other ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Addressing inequities must remain a system-wide priority,&#8221; Rahal said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone in New Zealand deserves the same access to treatment and chance of cure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Cancer Control Agency was currently working with the sector to update the\u00a0<i>New Zealand Cancer Action Plan 2019-2029<\/i>, which was set to be published early next year.<\/p>\n<p>rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are surviving longer after cancer diagnosis &#8211; but New Zealand is not improving as fast as other high-income countries. M\u0101ori around 1.6 times more likely, and Pacific peoples 1.4 times more likely, to die from cancer than P\u0101keh\u0101 \/other ethnicity. 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