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Primary care boost needed to spread cancer-care benefits more widely

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Primary care boost needed to spread cancer-care benefits more widely

Monday 23 July 2018, 01:39 PM
Radiation therapy, breast cancer treatment
The breast screening programme provides timely paths to biopsy and treatment
A regional study suggests New Zealand’s breast screening programme is eliminating inequities.  The high survival rates for women with cancer detect
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Htun HW, Elwood JM, Ioannides SJ, et al. Investigations and referral for suspected cancer in primary care in New Zealand—A survey linked to the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership. European Journal of Cancer Care 2017; 26,3:1–8 (online 20 Januar
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Seneviratne S, Campbell I, Scott N, et al. Impact of mammographic screening on ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in New Zealand: a cohort study. BMC Public Health 2015;15:46 (online 30 January 2015).
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