Sociodemographic and tumor characteristics associated with pancreatic cancer surgery in the United States

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 578-582

  Gawron, Andrew J ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a   Fought, Angela J ^a   Talamonti, Mark S ^a   Skinner, Halcyon G ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic cancer; Surgery; Whipple

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849092680     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21040     Document Type: Article

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