Title : Impact of mammographic screening on ethnic and socioeconomic 1 inequities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in New Zealand : 2 A cohort study
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Impact of mammographic screening on ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in New Zealand: a cohort study
BACKGROUND Indigenous Māori women experience a 60% higher breast cancer mortality rate compared with European women in New Zealand. We explored the impact of differences in rates of screen detected breast cancer on inequities in cancer stage at diagnosis and survival between Māori and NZ European women. METHODS All primary breast cancers diagnosed in screening age women (as defined by the New...
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تاریخ انتشار 2014