Regional disparities in treatment and survival of early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 358-364

  Crowell, Richard E ^a,c,e   Goetz, Therese ^a,b   Wiggins, Charles ^a,b   Magana, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Lovelace Sandia Health System (EM)   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hispanic; Lung cancer; Non small cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34447517427     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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