Prognostic factors for survival in pancreatic cancer: a population-based study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-329

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a,b   Desmond, Renee A ^b   Wilcox, C Mel ^a,b   Wilson, Reda J ^c   Manchikalapati, Pavan ^a   Fouad, Mona M ^d   Eltoum, Isam ^e   Vickers, Selwyn M ^b,f  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Population based study; Racial disparities; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33747200199     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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