Racial differences in oral and pharyngeal cancer treatment and survival in Florida

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 601-609

  Tomar, Scott L ^a   Loree, Michael ^a   Logan, Henrietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; epidemiology; mouth neoplasms; race; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4043072783     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000036166.21056.f9     Document Type: Article

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