Social inequalities in stage at diagnosis of rectal but not in colonic cancer: A nationwide study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 668-673

  Frederiksen, B L ^a   Osler, M ^b   Harling, H ^c   Jorgensen T ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Inequality; Nationwide; Socioeconomic status; Stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 38949143635     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604215     Document Type: Article

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