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Cancer Projections: Incidence 2004-08 to 2014-18

Date: 2 February 2010

The Ministry of Health has released the report Cancer Projections: Incidence 2004-08 to 2014-18.

Overall, the risk of cancer is expected to stabilise or even decline slightly over the next decade. Nevertheless, the burden of cancer will still increase, because of the increasing size and older age structure of the New Zealand population.

Access the full report on the Ministry''s website .

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