Mammogram image quality as a potential contributor to disparities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis: an observational study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rauscher, Garth H ^a   Conant, Emily F ^b   Khan, Jenna A ^a   Berbaum, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disparities; Mammography; Screening; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876681232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-208     Document Type: Article

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