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. 2005 Feb 28;92(4):631-3.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602390.

Does deprivation affect breast cancer management?

N C Henley  1 , D J Hole, E Kesson, H J G Burns, W D George, T G Cooke
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Does deprivation affect breast cancer management?

N C Henley et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

We evaluated whether social deprivation affected decision-making for breast cancer surgery. Of 3419 patients, 53.6% had mastectomy and this was predicted by deprivation, age, tumour size and hospital, all of which retained significance on multivariate analysis, except deprivation. Pathological characteristics and surgical decision-making determined choice of operation not deprivation.

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