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March 27, 2024Breast Cancer Research and TreatmentOpen Access

Ethnic inequities in use of breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy in Aotearoa/New Zealand: which factors contribute?

Leah Boyle Ross Lawrenson Vili Nosa Ian Campbell Sandar Tin Tin

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Abstract

Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) faces ethnic inequities with respect to breast cancer survival and treatment. This study establishes if there are ethnic differences in (i) type of surgery and (ii) receipt of radiotherapy (RT) following breast conserving surgery (BCS), among women with early-stage breast cancer in NZ.

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Boyle et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e72214b6db64358769c243 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-024-07289-8

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