Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer for women, including those from Māori, Pasifika and Indigenous Australian communities.
While overall survival rates have improved, women from these communities have higher breast cancer mortality, lower breast screening rates and are under-represented in clinical trials research, when compared to the wider population.
Findings from the report 30,000 Voices: Informing a Better Future for Breast Cancer in New Zealand, found that Pasifika women are 52% more likely and Wāhine Māori are 33% more likely to die of breast cancer within 10 years of diagnosis, compared with Pàkehà (European ancestry) women.
As the largest oncology research group in Australia and New Zealand, Breast Cancer Trials are hosting a Q&A event, broadcast from the Auckland Museum and moderated by television and radio broadcaster Stacey Morrison – who lost her mother and grandmother to breast cancer – will be joined by a panel of experts to examine the issues facing women in these communities as they relate to breast cancer, the challenges of recruiting culturally and linguistically diverse patients to clinical trials, access to breast cancer screening, the collection of patient data to better inform policy and how outcomes for women in these communities may be improved.
Event details
The ‘Breast Cancer in the Māori, Pasifika, Indigenous Communities’ Q&A will be held on Wednesday 26 July from 5:30-7pm (NZST).
This event is free, but you do need to register to be able to watch it online. Register here.
