Disparities in time to definitive surgical treatment between black and white women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-523

  Pocock, Benjamin ^a   Nash, Sarah ^a   Klein, Laura ^a   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^a   Schnabel, Freya R ^a   Joseph, Kathie Ann ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Disparities in health care; Ductal carcinoma in situ

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548408148     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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