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Sep 2026
Socioeconomic differences in primary healthcare use before childhood cancer diagnosis: a register-based cohort study in Sweden
Abstract Background Early diagnosis of childhood cancer remains challenging because initial symptoms are common, nonspecific and have low predictive value in primary healthcare (PHC). We assessed whether socioeconomic differences shape pre-diagnostic PHC pathways before childhood cancer diagnosis. Methods We conducted...
Julia Reißinger, Christina-Evmorfia Kampitsi, M. Feychting et al.
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