Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival: An Analysis by Age and Stage

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Deshpande, Anjali D ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^b,c   Gnerlich, Jennifer ^c   Iqbal, Ayesha Z ^a   Thummalakunta, Abhishek ^a   Margenthaler, Julie A ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; race; SEER; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63649125334     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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