Disparities in urban and rural mastectomy populations: The effects of patient- and county-level factors on likelihood of receipt of mastectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2644-2652

  Jacobs, Lisa K ^a   Kelley, Katherine A ^a   Rosson, Gedge D ^a   Detrani, Meagan E ^a   Chang, David C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disparity; Mastectomy; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 51649110590     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0053-5     Document Type: Article

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