How many cancer deaths could New Zealand avoid if five‐year relative survival ratios were the same as in Australia?

Abstract Aim: To determine how many Māori and non‐Māori deaths might have been avoidable if cancer survival in New Zealand were as high as in Australia. Methods: Age‐sex‐tumour specific five‐year relative survival ratios were calculated for cancer patients diagnosed with 27 tumour sites (representin...

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Published in:	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Main Authors:	Peter Sandiford, Manar E. Abdel‐Rahman, Claudia Allemani, Michel P. Coleman, Geeta Gala
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2015-04-01
Subjects:	cancer relative survival New Zealand avoidable mortality Māori
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12344