Treatment and Survival Outcomes for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians Within the Victorian Lung Cancer Registry: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Cohort Study.
Indigenous Australians receive fewer modern lung cancer treatments and face worse survival rates, quantifying healthcare inequities requiring targeted policy action.
Indigenous Australians face significant treatment and survival inequities in lung cancer care even after adjustment for stage and histology, with substantially lower access to modern systemic therapies. Registry-level evidence provides quantifiable basis for targeted equity-focused policy interventions.
What the study was
- Study design
- Retrospective registry-based cohort
- Population
- Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with lung cancer; Victorian Lung Cancer Registry
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- The Medical journal of Australia
Why it surfaced
Health equity data for Indigenous Australians in lung cancer with registry-level evidence; quantified basis for policy; high unmet need for underserved population.
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