Are socio-economic inequalities in breast cancer survival explained by peri-diagnostic factors?

Abstract Background Patients living in more deprived localities have lower cancer survival in England, but the role of individual health status at diagnosis and the utilisation of primary health care in explaining these differentials has not been widely considered. We set out to evaluate whether pre...

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Main Authors: Laura M. Woods, Bernard Rachet, Melanie Morris, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Michel P. Coleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08087-x