The role of health system factors in delaying final diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Mexico City, Mexico

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Bright, Kristin ^a   Barghash, Maya ^b   Donach, Martin ^a   de la Barrera, Marcos Gutiérrez ^c   Schneider, Robert J ^a   Formenti, Silvia C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delayed diagnosis; Mexico; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MEXICO; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; TIME;

EID: 79953047457     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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