Relationship between socioeconomic status and accessibility for endoscopic resection among gastric cancer patients: using National Health Insurance Cohort in Korea: poverty and endoscopic resection
刊物主题:Surgical Oncology; Oncology; Abdominal Surgery; Gastroenterology; Cancer Research;
出版者:Springer Japan
ISSN:1436-3305
卷排序:20
文摘
BackgroundGastric cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among patients in Korea. We measured the inequity in accessibility to endoscopic mucosal/submucosal resection (EMR) for early and curable gastric cancer treatment among different income classes in patients diagnosed from late 2011 to 2013.