Cancer in Pacific populations

The aims of this project are:

To conduct descriptive analyses of cancer incidence and mortality in four Pacific countries (Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and Niue) and in Pacific people in New Zealand;
To conduct a case-control study of breast cancer in women which will be conducted in the same four Pacific countries in parallel with a similar study in Pacific women in New Zealand.

Foliaki S, Best D, 'Akau'ola S, Cheng S, Borman B, Pearce N. Cancer incidence in four Pacific countries: Tonga, Fiji Islands, Cook Islands and Niue. Pacific Health Dialogue, 2011; 17(1): 21-32.
Dachs G, Currie M, McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, Cox B, Foliaki S, Le Marchand L, Robinson B. Cancer disparities in indigenous Polynesian populations: Māori, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific people. Lancet Oncol, 2008; 9(5): 473-84.
Moore M, Baumann F, Foliaki S, Goodman M, Haddock R, Maraka R, Roder D, Koroivueta J, Vinit T, Whippy H, Sobue T. Cancer epidemiology in the Pacific Islands - past, present and future. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 2010; 11(S2): 99-106.