Inequalities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis in the Trent region, and implications for the NHS Breast Screening Programme

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-405

  Cuthbertson, Sarah A ^a   Goyder, Elizabeth C ^b   Poole, Jason ^a  

^a Trent Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Inequalities; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349579705     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp042     Document Type: Article

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