Quantifying the changes in survival inequality for Indigenous people diagnosed with cancer in Queensland, Australia

Highlights • Flexible parametric survival models were used to assess Indigenous survival inequalities. • Survival increased over time for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous cancer patients. • Survival remains lower among Indigenous people diagnosed with cancer. • This lower survival contributes to o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer epidemiology 2016-08, Vol.43, p.1-8
Hauptverfasser:	Baade, Peter D, Dasgupta, Paramita, Dickman, Paul W, Cramb, Susanna, Williamson, John D, Condon, John R, Garvey, Gail
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Australia Breast cancer Cancer Cervical cancer Colorectal cancer Confidence intervals Epidemiology Estimates Female Head & neck cancer Health risk assessment Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Indigenous Inequalities Internal Medicine Liver cancer Lung cancer Lymphoma Male Medical diagnosis Medicin och hälsovetenskap Middle Aged Mortality Native peoples Neoplasms - mortality Queensland Socioeconomic Factors Studies Survival Survival Rate Uterine cancer
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Flexible parametric survival models were used to assess Indigenous survival inequalities. • Survival increased over time for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous cancer patients. • Survival remains lower among Indigenous people diagnosed with cancer. • This lower survival contributes to one in five cancer-related Indigenous deaths.
ISSN:	1877-7821 1877-783X 1877-783X
DOI:	10.1016/j.canep.2016.05.002