Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of female cancer in Europe and is estimated
to affect more than one in 10 women. Higher socioeconomic status has been linked to …

Neighborhoods encompass complex environments comprised of unique economic,
physical, and social characteristics that have a profound impact on the residing individual's …

Background: Cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States are declining, but this
decrease may not be observed in rural areas where residents are more likely to live in …

Neighborhoods and health: a progress report/Dustin T. Duncan and Ichiro Kawachi--
Operationalizing neighborhood definitions in health research: spatial misclassification and …

Background: The impact of socioeconomic differences on cancer survival has been
investigated for several cancer types showing lower cancer survival in patients from lower …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer
mortality among women in the United States. Efforts to promote breast cancer control in rural …

Women in the United States who continue to face obstacles accessing health care are
frequently termed an underserved population. Safety-net health care systems play a crucial …

Purpose Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with advanced stage, lower-quality
care, and higher mortality among breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study is to …

Background: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) has been found to be associated
with breast cancer risk. It remains unclear whether this association applies across …

Background Barriers to breast cancer screening remain despite Medicaid expansion for
preventive screening tests and implementation of patient navigation programs under the …