Breast cancer treatment among women of different ethnicity in Hawaii

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-504

  Issell, Brian F ^a   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Pagano, Ian ^a   Gotay, Carolyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hawaii; Multiethnic; Treatment differences

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 26844501150     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900500201442     Document Type: Article

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