Stage of breast cancer at diagnosis among low-income women with access to mammography

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5487-5496

  Lobb, Rebecca ^a,b   Ayanian, John Z ^a,c,d   Allen, Jennifer D ^c,e   Emmons, Karen M ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; early detection of cancer; health policy; healthcare disparities; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 78649617766     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25331     Document Type: Article

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