Effect of socio-economic factors on delayed access to health care among Chinese cervical cancer patients with late rectal complications after radiotherapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-398

  Ma, Jinlu ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a   Han, Suxia ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Ou, Wei ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Liu, Zi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Late rectal sequelae; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHINA; CONSULTATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856761769     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.040     Document Type: Article

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