Changes in radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy rates for African Americans and whites

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 281-284

  Shaw, Michael ^a,b   Elterman, Lev ^b   Rubenstein, Marvin ^a,b   McKiel, Charles F ^d   Guinan, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a Hektoen Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034201625     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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