There is no difference in survival between African-American and white women with breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 594-597

  English, William P ^a   Cleveland, Kenneth E ^a   Barber, W Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036593352     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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