11 January 2016

Children's cancer services in New Zealand

How common is childhood cancer? In New Zealand, approximately 150 children (birth to 14 years) are diagnosed with cancer each year. Childhood cancer is rare - one percent of the total of newly diagnosed New Zealanders with cancer.
More than eighty percent of patients diagnosed with a childhood cancer are cured as the result of treatment and it is estimated that one in 900 people aged between 16 and 34 years are childhood cancer survivors.

http://www.kidshealth.org.nz/childrens-cancer-services-new-zealand