Māori, Pasifika, and younger people are most at-risk of dying from breast cancer, despite improvements in overall survival rates.
That's according to a new report by the Breast Cancer Foundation, which pulled data from 30,000 patients over two decades.
Pasifika are 52 percent more likely to die of breast cancer within 10 years than Pākehā, while Māori are 33 percent more likely.
The report also details failures to provide initial treatment within the government's 31-day target, and far too many unnecessary masectomies being conducted.
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner spoke to Corin Dann.
