作者: Jonathan M. Samet , William C. Hunt , James S. Goodwin
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900915)66:6<1302::AID-CNCR2820660634>3.0.CO;2-3
关键词: Cancer 、 Epidemiology 、 Demography 、 Incidence (epidemiology) 、 Population 、 Cancer stage 、 Breast cancer 、 Surgery 、 Population based study 、 Medicine 、 Stage (cooking) 、 Cancer research 、 Oncology
摘要: To assess the role of delay and other factors in determining stage cancer at diagnosis, authors interviewed a population-based sample 800 elderly persons with newly diagnosed selected sites. Lengthening interval was associated declining proportion local cases for breast but not Of determinants examined, older age, having family physician, receiving medical checkups, greater knowledge cancer, no functional loss were most strongly predictive stage. For performance self-examination also predicted