Colorectal cancer among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.: Survival disadvantage for the foreign-born

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-368

  Choe, John H ^a,c   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b   Taylor, Vicky M ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Clinical covariates; Colorectal neoplasms; Emigration and immigration; Hazard ratio; Mortality patterns; Multiple imputation strategies; Pacific Islander Americans; SEER Program; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIRTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24644509819     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2005.06.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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