Sarah Twine

Jun 4, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Abigail Weaver |Sarah Twine |Melissa Bather

Key PointsQuestion  Are there ethnic disparities for survival and mortality in New Zealand patients with head and neck cancer? Findings  In this cohort study of 6593 patients with head and neck cancer, Māori patients had decreased survival proportions at all years after diagnosis compared with patients with other ethnicity; age-standardized mortality rates were 40.1% for Māori and 18.8% for patients with other ethnicity.