Urban-rural differences in the management of screen-detected invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in Victoria

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 996-1001

  Kok, David L ^a   Chang, Jiun Horng ^a   Erbas, Bircan ^a   Fletcher, Ashley ^b   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a   Henderson, Michael A ^b   Gertig, Dorota M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Breast conserving surgery; Mass screening; Mastectomy; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR VOLUME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 33750038542     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03917.x     Document Type: Article

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