Correlations between access to mammography and breast cancer stage at diagnosis

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1571-1580

  Marchick, Julie ^a,b   Henson, Donald E ^a,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Mammography; Stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 16844385407     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20915     Document Type: Article

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