Health system performance and outcomes for Indigenous Australians with cancer: a national study

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Not specified

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project will address the lack of information available on cancer and survival rates in Indigenous Australians. It will use national cancer registration data to determine the survival rates for Indigenous people with cancer and compare these rates with those for non-Indigenous Australians with cancer. This comparison will also extend to survival rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous cancer patients in rural areas compared with remote areas.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Menzies School of Health Research
PO Box 41096
Casuarina NT 0811
Ph: (08) 8922 8196
Fax: (08) 8927 5187
Email: info@menzies.edu.au

Related publications

Cunningham J, Rumbold AR, Zhang X, Condon JR (2008)

Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia.

Lancet Oncology; 9(6): 585-595

• Links
• View abstract: Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia
• View website: Lancet Oncology

Zhang X, Condon JR, Rumbold AR, Cunningham J, Roder DM (2011)

Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35(5): 477-485

• Links
• View abstract: Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians
• View article: Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians (PDF - 284.0 KB)
• View information: Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians
• View website: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Links

• View information: Health system performance and outcomes for Indigenous Australians with cancer: a national study
• View website: Menzies School of Health Research