Differences in male breast cancer stage, tumor size at diagnosis, and survival rate between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan regions

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 430-437

  Klein, Judith ^a   Ji, Ming ^a   Rea, Nancy K ^a   Stoodt, Georjean ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; health awareness; male breast cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80455135079     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988311400403     Document Type: Article

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