Survival difference between non-hispanic black and non-hispanic white women with localized breast cancer: The impact of guideline-concordant therapy

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-499

  Wu, Xiaocheng ^a   Richardson, Lisa C ^b   Kahn, Amy R ^c   Fulton, John P ^d   Cress, Rosemary D ^e   Shen, Tiefu ^f   Wolf, Holly J ^g   Bolick Aldrich, Susan ^h   Chen, Vivien W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Race ethnicity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 44149101982     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31295-5     Document Type: Article

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