Is race a poor prognostic factor in breast cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

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

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Atchley Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW YORK; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 0032982856     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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