Erschienen in:
01.05.2005 | Poster presentation
Breast cancer-screening programme amongst unpriviledged women in Charleroi (Hainaut), Belgium
verfasst von:
F Bastin, M Lejeune
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 1/2005
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Excerpt
Cancer is the second cause of mortality in Belgium and in Hainaut. For women, breast cancer is highly prevalent (33% of cancers). Several studies have shown that there is an increase in certain cancers in disadvantaged populations because of risk factors that favour the disease, and there is cancer-screening reticence in this population. It should be noted that there is less detection breast cancer screening in Charleroi (48% in Hainaut versus 56% in Belgium). …