Do Maori and Pacific Island men present with more advanced prostate cancer than European New Zealand men? An analysis of 486 men undergoing biopsy in Auckland

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Do Maori and Pacific Island men present with more advanced prostate cancer than European New Zealand men? An analysis of 486 men undergoing biopsy in Auckland

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Objective • To address the question of whether Maori and Pacific Islander men in Auckland present with more advanced prostate cancer at diagnosis than New Zealand European or European men. Patients and methods • A retrospective database audit was undertaken of all men presenting for a first prostate biopsy under the Auckland Hospital Urology Service in 2005 and 2006. • Ethnicity was coded from self-identification codes on hospital databases. • Population numbers were obtained from the 2006 Ce...

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Date created

2011

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Scott, David / Pokorny, M

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/19136

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prostate cancer / mortality / diagnosis / ethnicity / Maori / Pacific Islander / New Zealand

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