Socioeconomic background in relation to stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival in women with breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 836-840

  Downing, A ^a,b,d   Prakash, K ^c   Gilthorpe, M S ^a   Mikeljevic, J S ^b   Forman, D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Socioeconomic background; Stage at diagnosis; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOWNSEND INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847748617     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603622     Document Type: Article

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