Survival Variability by Race and Ethnicity in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2008-2014

  Kadan Lottick, Nina S ^a   Ness, Kirsten K ^b   Bhatia, Smita ^c   Gurney, James G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142120075     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.15.2008     Document Type: Article

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