Open AccessDifference of stage at cancer diagnosis by socioeconomic status for four target cancers of the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea: Results from the Gwangju and Jeonnam cancer registries
Author(s) -
SunSeog Kweon,
Min-Gyeong Kim,
Mi-Ran Kang,
MinHo Shin,
JinSu Choi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2016.07.004
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , socioeconomic status , breast cancer , epidemiology , population , colorectal cancer , cancer registry , logistic regression , stomach cancer , cervical cancer , demography , gynecology , oncology , environmental health , paleontology , sociology , biology
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether stage at cancer diagnosis differed according to patient economic status.