Diana Sarfati

More than 1000 New Zealand cancer patients a year are missing out on gold-standard cancer drugs readily available in Australia.

The Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o te Kahu, has released a report this… Audio

People with cancer symptoms are being urged to get tested, after hundreds of cases went undiagnosed during last year's nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.

Te Aho o Te Kahu, the independent Cancer Control… Audio

Because of the lockdown in Victoria, Waikato cancer patients will most likely stay in this country to finish their treatment.

Australia had initially been considered as a possible option for care… Audio

The first Covid-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines have landed. They'll be administered to frontline border workers from this Saturday. Health officials expect all New Zealanders aged over 16 to be… Audio

Māori are more than twice as likely as non-Māori to die from cancer.

That's among the findings of the first report from the country's new Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, which takes an… Audio

The Royal College of Surgeons says it is dismayed the Health Ministry has gone against its own expert advice and refused to lower the age for bowel screening for Maori. The National bowel screening… Audio

A scientific study of more than 45,000 women has found a link between permanent hair dye and an increased risk of breast cancer. Cancer epidemiologist Diana Sarfati from the Cancer Control… Audio

The Cancer Society says 400 people could die from cancer unnecessarily if hospitals don't catch up quickly enough after the lockdown.

Urgent treatment and diagnosis has been happening under level… Audio

How has Covid 19 impacted on cancer patients, and those who may have the disease but cannot be diagnosed? Since lockdown began four weeks ago many patients' cancer treatment regimes have been changed… Audio

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… Audio

More needs to be done to eliminate preventable cancers in the Pacific, and to control others, a leading researcher says. Audio

An ageing and growing population means the number of New Zealanders diagnosed with cancer is predicted to double by 2040. This is just one of the challenges facing University of Otago epidemiologist… Audio

The boss of the agency set up to ensure Māori get the same chance of surviving cancer as Pākēhā doesn't know if that's achievable within the 10-year time frame the government's set.

Māori are 20… Video, Audio

Cancer doctors are promising faster diagnosis of cancer and better chances of survival for all New Zealanders under a new plan announced on Sunday. The government unveiled its long-awaited ten-year… Audio

An Otago University public health doctor and cancer epidemiologist has been appointed as the interim national director of the new Cancer Control Agency announced by the Government yesterday. Otago… Audio

A cancer specialist spearheading efforts to improve cancer treatment in the Pacific says they got a positive reception from Pacific Health Ministers last week. Audio

Diana Sarfati of Massey University talks about some environmental factors that influence cancer. Audio