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Unemployment and the likelihood of detecting early-stage breast cancer.

R A Catalano and W A Satariano

School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley 94720, USA.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that unexpectedly high unemployment in a community is associated with reduced odds that registered breast tumors are local. METHODS: The hypothesis was tested with data from San Francisco for the 132 months beginning with January 1983. RESULTS: Registered breast tumors were less likely to be local during periods of unexpectedly high unemployment (8% less likely among non-Hispanic White women and 24% less likely among African-American women). CONCLUSIONS: Job loss may restrict access to health services. Fear of job loss may also distract women from breast self-examination and the identification of suspicious breast signs.

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