Equity of timely access to liver and stomach cancer surgery for Indigenous patients in New Zealand: a national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

When combined, liver and stomach cancers are second only to lung cancer as the most common causes of cancer death for the indigenous Māori population of New Zealand-with Māori also experiencing substantial disparities in the likelihood of survival once diagnosed with these cancers. Since a key driver of this disparity in survival could be access to surgical treatment, we have used national-level data to examine surgical procedures performed on Māori patients with liver and stomach cancers and compared the likelihood and timing of access with the majority European population.

Design, participants and setting

We examined all cases of liver and stomach cancers diagnosed during 2007-2019 on the New Zealand Cancer Registry (liver cancer: 866 Māori, 2460 European; stoma

SUBMITTER: Gurney J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058766 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature