Receipt of standard breast cancer treatment by African American and white women

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Worthington, Julie ^a   Waterbor, John W ^b   Funkhouser, Ellen ^c   Falkson, Carla ^d   Cofield, Stacey ^b   Fouad, Mona ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Neoplasms; Cancer regis; Racial disparities; Standard of care; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 47349102947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5.181     Document Type: Article

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