학술논문
The relationship between deprivation, tumour stage and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with primary operable breast cancer.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Subject
*BREAST cancer
*CANCER patients
*TUMORS
*C-reactive protein
*LYMPH nodes
*ESTROGEN receptors
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Language
ISSN
0007-0920
Abstract
The extent of deprivation (Carstairs deprivation index) was directly associated with the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response (reduced albumin and elevated C-reactive protein, P<0.01) in patients with primary operable breast cancer (n=314). Deprivation was not associated with age, tumour size, tumour type, grade, and the proportion of patients with involved lymph nodes and oestrogen receptor status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]