There's across-the-board interest in tackling our biggest killer, as Auckland University launches its new Department of Cancer Studies.

It brings top experts under the same roof - in a step towards a comprehensive cancer centre. 

Yearly cases are forecast to jump from 30,000 to 45,000 by 2044 - as our population grows and ages.

Professor Warwick Bagg says now's the time to act.

"We've got a strong community of people who are interested in doing this - not only academics, but clinicians, the general public, we've got donors." 

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There's across-the-board interest in tackling our biggest killer, as Auckland University launches its new Department of Cancer Studies.
It brings top experts under the same roof - in a step towards a comprehensive cancer centre.&nbsp;
Yearly cases are forecast to jump from 30,000 to 45,000 by 2044 - as our population grows and ages.
Professor Warwick Bagg says now's the time to act.
"We've got a strong community of people who are interested in doing this - not only academics, but clinicians, the general public, we've got donors."&nbsp;
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Warwick Bagg: Dean of the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences on the university launching Department of Cancer Studies

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