Ethnic differences in prostate cancer survival in New Zealand: A national study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 993-999

  Sneyd, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Hazard models; Prostate cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN UNION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 52549111863     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9166-1     Document Type: Article

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