Are there socio-economic inequalities in age of resection of colorectal cancer in people with HNPCC?

Familial Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Adams, Jean ^a   White, Martin ^a   Barker, Gail ^a   Mathers, John ^b   Burn, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; HNPCC; Inequalities; Inverse care law; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348143008     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FAME.0000004624.71900.15     Document Type: Article

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