Stage of breast cancer diagnosis among medically underserved women in California receiving mammography through a state screening program

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 721-729

  Harris, David H ^a   Bates, Janet H ^a   Cress, Rosemary ^a   Tabnak, Farzaneh ^b   Wright, William E ^a  

^a California Cancer Registry   (United States)

^b Cancer Detection Section   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer detection; mammography; medically underserved

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 4043051644     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000036190.21223.e8     Document Type: Article

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