Breast Cancer Research

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Comparison of various characteristics of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening

Emily Banks*, Valerie Beral, Rebecca Cameron, Ann Hogg, Nicola Langley, Isobel Barnes, Diana Bull, Gillian Reeves, Ruth English, Sarah Taylor, Jon Elliman and Carole Lole Harris

Breast Cancer Res 2002, 4:R1 doi:10.1186/bcr418

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Estimating attendance for breast cancer screening in ethnic groups in London

Christine Renshaw, Ruth H Jack, Steve Dixon, Henrik Møller, Elizabeth A Davies BMC Public Health 2010, 10:157 (25 March 2010)

Breast cancer screening attendance is low in London communities with large black populations, and wide variations in attendance for different ethnic groups imply there is a need for interventions to increase screening participation of women from different backgrounds.

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Mammographic density and markers of socioeconomic status: a cross-sectional study

Zoe Aitken, Kate Walker, Bernardine H Stegeman, Petra A Wark, Sue M Moss, Valerie A McCormack, Isabel dos Santos Silva BMC Cancer 2010, 10:35 (9 February 2010)

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Determinants of non attendance to mammography program in a region with high voluntary health insurance coverage

Magdalena Esteva, Joana Ripoll, Alfonso Leiva, Carmen Sánchez-Contador, Francisca Collado BMC Public Health 2008, 8:387 (13 November 2008)

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Socio-economic status and overall and cause-specific mortality in Sweden

Marianne Weires, Justo Bermejo, Kristina Sundquist, Jan Sundquist, Kari Hemminki BMC Public Health 2008, 8:340 (30 September 2008)

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Variation in incidence of breast, lung and cervical cancer and malignant melanoma of skin by socioeconomic group in England

Lorraine Shack, Catrina Jordan, Catherine S Thomson, Vivian Mak, Henrik Møller, BMC Cancer 2008, 8:271 (26 September 2008)

In England, malignant melanoma and breast cancer are common among the wealthy, while lung and cervical cancer have a high incidence in more deprived groups, suggesting a need to tailor screening and prevention programs to the local population.