Breast cancer research and treatment
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · Sep 2001
Comparative StudyEarly-stage breast cancer treatment among medically underserved women diagnosed in a national screening program, 1992-1995.
Little research has been conducted on the breast cancer treatment of low income, underserved women. This study was designed to describe initial treatment of breast cancer among low-income women diagnosed through federally funded screening programs in Detroit, Michigan, and the states of New Mexico and California; and to compare the treatment received by program women with early-stage breast cancer with that of all women diagnosed in those regions. ⋯ Treatment patterns for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer through three state-based screening programs appear to have been similar to those reported in the literature. In addition, their treatment appears to have been similar to that of other women during the same time period.