Cancer Fatalism: Deterring Early Presentation and Increasing Social Inequalities?
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Cancer fatalism: deterring early presentation and increasing social inequalities?
BACKGROUND Fatalistic beliefs about cancer have been implicated in low uptake of screening and delay in presentation particularly in low socioeconomic status (SES) groups, but no studies have systematically evaluated interrelationships between SES, fatalism, and early detection behaviors. We explored whether (i) fatalism is associated with negative attitudes toward early detection, (ii) lower S...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-11-0437