Stage of cancer diagnoses among migrants from the former Soviet Union in comparison to the German population – are diagnoses among migrants delayed?

Abstract Background In this study, we compared stage at diagnosis, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of most frequent cancer diagnoses between re-settlers (Aussiedler) from the former Soviet Union and the general population in the Saarland in Germany to assess...

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Main Authors: An Bin Cho, Philipp Jaehn, Bernd Holleczek, Heiko Becher, Volker Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5046-0