Survival differences by race in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-278

  Sun, Li Min ^a,b,c,e   Li, Christopher I ^a,b   Huang, Eng Yen ^c,d   Vaughan, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Apartment 1023 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Continental population groups; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; MORTALITY RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEWBORN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHILIPPINES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846574714     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk008     Document Type: Article

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