Age, sex, and racial differences in the use of standard adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1192-1202

  Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Kaplan, Richard S ^a   Johnson, Karen A ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036498881     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.5.1192     Document Type: Article

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