LATE-STAGE DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER IN BRAZIL: ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM HOSPITAL-BASED CANCER REGISTRIES (2000-2012)

Late-Stage Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Brazil: Analysis of Data from Hospital-Based Cancer Registries (2000-2012)

Abstract Objective To analyze the time trend and the factors regarding the diagnosis of latestage breast cancer in Brazil from 2000 to 2012.Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from hospital-based cancer registries.Joinpoint regression was used to analyze the time trends of stage at diagnosis.The risk of late-stage 1307 roug

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Taxes, Leverage, and Profit Shifting in Banks

The goal of this research is to investigate whether taxation affects the leverage decisions of banks and if the response of leverage to tax increases depends on profit-shifting opportunities available to individual banks.This topic remains controversial since it is often believed that banking regulation is such an essential driver of leverage gfw-u

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New goats on the island?

Trindade is an oceanic island located ca.1200 km east ecoalf baku of the Brazilian coast with only 65% of its original vegetation cover remaining.Devastation was mainly caused by the presence of goats for a long time.Since goats were eliminated in 2005 the island vegetation is going through a recovering corky lala process.However during a visit to

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Carbon-based Nanofluid Applications in Solar Thermal Energy

Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal are proposed as an alternative to fossil fuels whose excessive use causes global warming.The most popular one of the renewable energy sources is considered as solar energy due to the fact that required energy is provided by the sun entire year around the world.Solar energy systems convert

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