Racial/ethnic diversity in children's oncology clinical trials: Ten years later

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3808-3816

  Lund, Mary Jo ^a,b,c,d   Eliason, Mark T ^a   Haight, Ann E ^b,c,e   Ward, Kevin C ^a   Young, John L ^a   Pentz, Rebecca D ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e AFLAC   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical trials; Ethnicity; Oncology; Pediatric cancer; Pediatric oncology; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549110510     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24437     Document Type: Article

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