Novel method for benchmarking recruitment of African American cancer patients to clinical therapeutic trials

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 5074-5077

  Morgenlander, Keith H ^a   Winters, Sharon B ^a   Lin, Chyongchiou J ^a   Robertson, Linda B ^a   Heron, Dwight E ^a   Herberman, Ronald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549131928     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.3039     Document Type: Article

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