Changing patterns of breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Southern Italy: Hospital data as indicators of progressive changes

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Montella, Maurizio ^a   Buonanno, Marina ^a   Biondi, Edoardo ^b   Crispo, Anna ^a   De Marco, Mariarosaria ^a   Tamburini, Mario ^a   Botti, Gerardo ^a   Fabbrocini, Gabriella ^c   Capasso, Immacolata ^a   D’aiuto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic delay; Prevention; Staging; Tumor registry

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033968057     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0595     Document Type: Article

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