Prognostic factors in women with breast cancer: Inequalities by ethnicity and socioeconomic position in New Zealand

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-411

  McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Jeffreys, Mona ^a   'T Mannetje, Andrea ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Ethnicity; Inequalities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA UROGASTRONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 42449145624     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9099-0     Document Type: Article

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