Association between persistence with mammography screening and stage at diagnosis among elderly women diagnosed with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 645-654

  Vyas, Ami ^a   Madhavan, Suresh ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography screening; Medicare; Persistence; Stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911997096     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-3204-3     Document Type: Article

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