Barriers to the participation of African-American patients with cancer in clinical trials: A pilot study

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1499-1506

  Advani, Anjali S ^a,b   Atkeson, Benjamin ^b   Brown, Carrie L ^c   Peterson, Bercedis L ^d   Fish, Laura ^c   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^d   Gockerman, Jon P ^a   Gautier, Marc ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Barriers; Clinical trials; Oncology; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 0037443578     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11213     Document Type: Article

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