Age at presentation of African-American and Caucasian breast cancer patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-240

  El Tamer, Mahmoud B ^a,b   Wait, Richard B ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032915830     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00305-6     Document Type: Article

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