Open AccessSocio-economic inequalities in survival from screen-detected breast cancer in South West England: population-based cohort study
Author(s) -
Fiona McKenzie,
Alexander Ives,
Mona Jeffreys
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckr107
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , breast cancer , demography , population , cohort , relative survival , social deprivation , inequality , cohort study , cancer , cancer registry , environmental health , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth
Socio-economic inequalities in breast cancer survival have been reported worldwide, but whether these exist in screen detected as well as symptomatic women has not been established. Making this distinction will allow inferences about the relative contributions of pre- and post-diagnostic delay to these inequalities.