The National Cancer Data Base report on malignant epithelial ovarian carcinoma in African-American women

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 816-826

  Parham, Groesbeck ^a   Phillips, Jerri Linn ^b   Hicks, Michael L ^c   Andrews, Nancy ^a   Jones, Walter B ^d   Shingleton, Hugh M ^e   Menck, Herman R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; National Cancer Data Base; Ovarian carcinoma; Poverty; Survival rate; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARCINOMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030802947     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970815)80:4<816::AID-CNCR21>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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