Overall, there was evidence of later-stage diagnosis in the least valuable properties, with 7.5% of patients in the least valuable house category diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer compared with 4.1% of patients in the most valuable category (OR = 1.89 95% CI 1.43, 2.50) and there was a clear trend across house values (OR per 20 percentile decrease = 1.17 95% CI 1.11, 1.24).
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House value as an individual socioeconomic indicator for breast cancer survival and late-stage diagnosis: a population-based cohort study from Northern Ireland.
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The rate of breast cancer-specific mortality in patients in the most deprived areas was 1.25 (95% CI 1.07, 1.46) times that of the least deprived areas, and there was a weak trend across deprivation levels (HR per 20 percentile decrease = 1.05 95% CI 1.01, 1.08).