Impact of race on breast cancer in lower socioeconomic status women

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-62

  Maloney, Nell ^a   Koch, Martha ^a   Erb, Dawn ^a   Schneider, Heather ^a   Goffman, Thomas ^a   Elkins, David ^a   Laronga, Christine ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Racial disparities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHI SQUARE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIGENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VIRGINIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644888043     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00184.x     Document Type: Review

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