Ethnic differences in breast cancer survival in New Zealand: contributions of differences in screening, treatment, tumor biology, demographics and comorbidities

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1813-1824

  Seneviratne, Sanjeewa ^a,d   Campbell, Ian ^a   Scott, Nina ^b   Shirley, Rachel ^c   Peni, Tamati ^c   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c Waikato Breast Care Centre   (New Zealand)

^d WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survival; Ethnicity; Indigenous; Inequity

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUCASIAN; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK;

EID: 84945454767     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0674-5     Document Type: Article

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