Esophageal cancer epidemiology in blacks and whites: Racial and gender disparities in incidence, mortality, survival rates and histology

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1471-1478

  Baquet, Claudia R ^a   Commiskey, Patricia ^b   Mack, Kelly ^c   Meltzer, Stephen ^a   Mishra, Shiraz I ^a  

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

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black white disparities; Esophageal cancer; Histology; Incidence; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844560128     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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