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Significant disparities between First Nations and other Australian cancer patients

New research reveals an 8-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and other Australian cancer patients

Image of daughter holding the mother's hand and encourage while her mother sitting on bed in hospital. Source: Moment RF / sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images

New research from the Cancer Council has revealed the disparity in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australian cancer patients.



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