A major report has revealed breast cancer is significantly more deadly for Maori and Pasifika women
A major report has revealed breast cancer is significantly more deadly for Maori and Pasifika women
4 February 2022
It's the most comprehensive review ever done on breast cancer in New Zealand - covering 30-thousand patients and spanning 20 years.
The Breast Cancer Foundation's Ah-Leen Rayner says five-year survival rates have improved.
But she says the 10-year survival rate is much lower, and younger women, Maori and Pasifika women are worst off.
Rayner says the numbers are incredibly disappointing.
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