Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 7, 2023 4:22:33 GMT 12
RESEARCHERS TACKLE MĀORI CANCER CARE
Research aimed at eradicating inequities in cancer survival for Māori has won five years of funding from the Health Research Council’s Rangahau Hauora Māori investment stream.
Epidemiologist Jason Gurney from the University of Otago in Wellington says Māori having poorer survival for 23 of the 24 most common cancers diagnosed in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Because the chances are a Maori cancer patient is never going to be treated by a Maori cancer specialist,” he says.
Dr Gurney says Maori cancer patients may also want their treatment incorporated into a rongoa framework.....
waateanews.com/2023/07/06/researchers-tackle-maori-cancer-care/
Research aimed at eradicating inequities in cancer survival for Māori has won five years of funding from the Health Research Council’s Rangahau Hauora Māori investment stream.
Epidemiologist Jason Gurney from the University of Otago in Wellington says Māori having poorer survival for 23 of the 24 most common cancers diagnosed in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Because the chances are a Maori cancer patient is never going to be treated by a Maori cancer specialist,” he says.
Dr Gurney says Maori cancer patients may also want their treatment incorporated into a rongoa framework.....
waateanews.com/2023/07/06/researchers-tackle-maori-cancer-care/