Breast cancer inequities between Māori and non-Māori women in Aotearoa/New Zealand

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 225-230

  Lawrenson, R ^a   Seneviratne, S ^b   Scott, N ^c   Peni, T ^a   Brown, C ^a   Campbell, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Maori; New Zealand; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUCASIAN; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84959041360     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12473     Document Type: Review

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