Interventions to enhance breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment among racial and ethnic minority women

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 64, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Masi, Christopher M ^a   Blackman, Dionne J ^a   Peek, Monica E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Ethnicity; Intervention; Race; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICARE; MINORITY HEALTH; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMINDER SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648833443     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707305410     Document Type: Article

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