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The lancet oncology · Nov 2021
National health system characteristics, breast cancer stage at diagnosis, and breast cancer mortality: a population-based analysis.
In some countries, breast cancer age-standardised mortality rates have decreased by 2-4% per year since the 1990s, but others have yet to achieve this outcome. In this study, we aimed to characterise the associations between national health system characteristics and breast cancer age-standardised mortality rate, and the degree of breast cancer downstaging correlating with national age-standardised mortality rate reductions. ⋯ None.