Socioeconomic characteristics of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with radiotherapy in the 1992 to 1994 patterns of care study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 443-450

  Katz, Angela ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Moughan, Jennifer ^b   Owen, Jean B ^b   Mahon, Irene ^b   Hanks, Gerald E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Radiotherapy; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RADIATION DOSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034192179     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00417-X     Document Type: Article

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