African-American ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and breast cancer survival: A meta-analysis of 14 studies involving over 10,000 African-American and 40,000 white American patients with carcinoma of the breast

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2844-2854

  Newman, Lisa A ^a   Mason, James ^b   Cote, David ^b   Vin, Yael ^b   Carolin, Kathryn ^a   Bouwman, David ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Meta analysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036604262     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10575     Document Type: Article

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