Effects of socioeconomic status and treatment disparities in colorectal cancer survival

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1950-1962

  Le, Hoa ^a   Ziogas, Argyrios ^a,b   Lipkin, Steven M ^a,b   Zell, Jason A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHINESE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 54049152885     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2774     Document Type: Article

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