The influence of black race and socioeconomic status on the use of breast-conserving surgery for Medicare beneficiaries

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-319

  Michalski, Tracy A ^a   Nattinger, Ann Butler ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

black race; breast carcinoma; breast conserving surgery; Medicare patients; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICARE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031016430     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970115)79:2<314::AID-CNCR14>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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