Mapping cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios to illustrate racial and sex disparities in a high-risk population

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2539-2552

  Hébert, James R ^a,b   Daguise, Virginie G ^a,b,c   Hurley, Deborah M ^c   Wilkerson, Rebecca C ^a,c   Mosley, Catishia M ^c   Adams, Swann A ^a   Puett, Robin ^a   Burch, James B ^a   Steck, Susan E ^a   Bolick Aldrich, Susan W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Cancer Alliance   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental population groups; Epidemiologic methods data collection; Geographic information systems; Health status disparities; Healthcare disparities; Incidence; Mortality; Neoplasms by site; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 66649087739     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24270     Document Type: Article

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