Disparities in breast screening, stage at diagnosis, cancer treatment and the subsequent risk of cancer death: a retrospective, matched cohort of aboriginal and non-aboriginal women with breast cancer

Disparities in breast screening, stage at diagnosis, cancer treatment and the subsequent risk of cancer death: a retrospective, matched cohort of aboriginal and non-aboriginal women with breast cancer

Abstract Background Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have poorer survival and twice the disease burden from breast cancer compared to other Australian women. These disparities are influenced, but not fully explained, by more diagnoses at later stages. Incorporating breast scre...

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Main Authors: David Banham, David Roder, Dorothy Keefe, Gelareh Farshid, Marion Eckert, Natasha Howard, Karla Canuto, Alex Brown, for the CanDAD Aboriginal Community Reference Group and other CanDAD investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Cancer screening
Cancer treatment
Aboriginal
Indigenous
Survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4147-5

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