Lung cancer and race: Equal treatment yields equal outcome among equal patients, but there is no equal treatment

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-333

  Brawley, Otis W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG METABOLISM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; NOTE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644836083     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.7077     Document Type: Editorial

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