Racial disparities and trends in radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery for early-stage breast cancer in women, 1992 to 2002

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-128

  Du, Xianglin L ^a   Gor, Beverly J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Racial disparity; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 33846935528     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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