Disparities in survival among women with invasive cervical cancer: A problem of access to care

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-178

  Brookfield, Kathleen F ^a   Cheung, Michael C ^a   Lucci, Joseph ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Health disparities; Poverty; Socioeconomic status; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR INVASION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58949094400     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24007     Document Type: Article

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