Determinants of cancer disparities: Barriers to cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-669

  Freeman, Harold P ^a,b,c   Chu, Kenneth C ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844528983     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2005.06.002     Document Type: Review

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