Cancer treatment advocates are sceptical, but ever hopeful, that a new national Cancer Control Agency will help put an end to the quality of care being dependent on where you live.
The government has announced the new agency will be set up by December, and that drug-buying agency Pharmac will get an extra $60m over the next two years.
Otago University professor Sarah Derrett is a member of the cancer agency's executive, she spoke to Corin Dann
