African American and poor patients have a dramatically worse prognosis for head and neck cancer: An examination of 20,915 patients

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2797-2806

  Molina, Manuel A ^a   Cheung, Michael C ^a   Perez, Eduardo A ^a   Byrne, Margaret M ^a   Franceschi, Dido ^a   Moffat, Frederick L ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Goodwin, W Jarrard ^a   Gutierrez, Juan C ^a   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Head and neck; Race; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55849128168     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23889     Document Type: Article

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