Cancer stage at diagnosis, treatment, and survival among American Indians and non-American Indians in Montana

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Dennis, Terry D ^a,b  

^a Billings Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Cancer; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034235763     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000701)89:1<181::AID-CNCR24>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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