Document Type
Report
Keywords
Australian Indigenous health, closing the gap, population health, literature review, cancer
Publisher
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Place of Publication
Mt Lawley, Western Australia
School
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Abstract
This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of population-level cancer statistics and other key information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people alongside comparative figures for non-Indigenous Australians. It includes general information on the extent of cancer, including: incidence, hospitalisation and mortality. The review also provides information on the extent of cancer for specific cancers: lung, cervical, breast, prostate, liver, pancreatic and colorectal (bowel). Finally, the review discusses issues surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s use of cancer services.
Access Rights
Free_to_read
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Comments
Stumpers, S., Thomson, N.. (2009). Review of cancer among Indigenous peoples. Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet.
Available here.