Regional inequalities in cancer care persist in Italy and can influence survival

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 541-547

  Sant, Milena ^a   Minicozzi, Pamela ^a   Allemani, Claudia ^a   Cirilli, Claudia ^b   Federico, Massimo ^c   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^d   Budroni, Mario ^e   Candela, Pina ^f   Crocetti, Emanuele ^g   Falcini, Fabio ^h   Ferretti, Stefano ⁱ   Fusco, Mario ^j   Giacomin, Adriano ^k   La Rosa, Francesco ^l   Mangone, Lucia ^m   Natali, Maurilio ⁿ   Leon, Maurizio Ponz De ^c   Traina, Adele ^o   Tumino, Rosario ^p   Zambon, Paola ^q  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MODENA CANCER REGISTRY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Local Health Unit 1   (Italy)

^f Viale della Provincia   (Italy)

^g ISPO   (Italy)

^h DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^j Local Health Unit 4   (Italy)

^k Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Latina Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^o ARNAS Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^p CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Italy; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Standard care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868302633     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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