Race, treatment, and survival among colorectal carcinoma patients in an equal-access medical system

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2312-2320

  Dominitz, Jason A ^a,b,d   Samsa, Gregory P ^a,c   Landsman, Pamela ^a   Provenzale, Dawn ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Chemotherapy; Colorectal neoplasms; Epidemiology; Racial stocks; Radiation oncology; Surgery; Survival; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032526002     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980615)82:12<2312::AID-CNCR3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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