Addressing inequities in cancer outcomes
Māori are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, and once diagnosed are more likely to die from cancer. One of the challenges facing clinicians and health services is how to identify, reduce or even eliminate such inequities in cancer-related outcomes. Our work in this area is extensive and spread across the spectrum of cancer control, from prevention through to early-detection, treatment and ultimate survival outcomes.
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"Māori are more likely to develop cancers with a poor prognosis such as stomach, liver and lung cancers, and have poorer survival outcomes than non-Māori once diagnosed for 23 of the 24 most common cancers in New Zealand."
Professor Jason Gurney