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Differences in the timeliness of diagnosis, breast and cervical cancer, San Francisco 1974-85.

Author(s) -

Louise Saunders

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.1.69

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , ethnic group , medical diagnosis , cervical cancer , demography , gynecology , cancer , obstetrics , family medicine , gerontology , pathology , sociology , anthropology

Cancer registry data for San Francisco (1974-85) were used to identify women at greater risk of late diagnoses for breast and cervical cancers by age and ethnicity. For breast cancer, Black women were at greater risk for late diagnoses. For cervical cancer, women of all ethnic groups ages 50-69 years and Japanese and Filipino women were at greater risk for late diagnoses.

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