Cervical and breast cancer screening participation for women with chronic conditions in France: results from a national health survey
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- 作者：Panayotis Constantinou ; Rosemary Dray-Spira ; Gwenn Menvielle
- 关键词：Cancer screening ; Breast neoplasms ; Uterine cervical neoplasms ; Chronic disease ; Comorbidity ; France
- 刊名：BMC Cancer
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：535 KB
- 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Oncology; Stem Cells; Animal Models; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2407
文摘
Background Comorbidity at the time of diagnosis is an independent prognostic factor for survival among women suffering from cervical or breast cancer. Although cancer screening practices have proven their efficacy for mortality reduction, little is known about adherence to screening recommendations for women suffering from chronic conditions. We investigated the association between eleven chronic conditions and adherence to cervical and breast cancer screening recommendations in France.