Racial disparities in the development of breast cancer metastases among older women

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-740

  Schootman, Mario ^a,b,c   Jeffe, Donna B ^b,c   Gillanders, William E ^b,c   Aft, Rebecca ^b,c,d  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Community factors; Neighborhood; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849104802     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24087     Document Type: Article

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