Barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer: a qualitative study of Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women living in the UK.

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Published in BMJ Open on March 13, 2015

Authors

Claire E L Jones1, Jill Maben2, Grace Lucas3, Elizabeth A Davies4, Ruth H Jack5, Emma Ream6

Author Affiliations

1: King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, London, UK.
2: National Nursing Research Unit, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, London, UK.
3: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
4: Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
5: National Cancer Intelligence Network, Public Health England, London, UK.
6: University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences, Guildford, Surrey, UK.

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