Prostate Cancer Treatment in Black and White Men: The Need to Consider Both Stage at Diagnosis and Socioeconomic Status

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Dept of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blacks; Orchiectomy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONNECTICUT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031989554     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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