Impact of a programme of mass mammography screening for breast cancer on socio-economic variation in survival: A population-based study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Louwman, W J ^a   Van De Poll Franse, L V ^a   Fracheboud, J ^b   Roukema, J A ^c,d   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mass screening; Socio economic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34948841304     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9464-9     Document Type: Article

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