Sex and race in bladder cancer: What we have learned and future directions

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-12

  Katz, Mark H ^a   Steinberg, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RACISM; REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58949084498     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23997     Document Type: Editorial

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