A comparison of stage of presentation for pancreatic and colorectal cancer in Pennsylvania 2000-2005

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3427-3431

  Chirumbole, Mark ^a,c   Gusani, Niraj ^b   Howard, Alicia ^a   Leonard, Tim ^a   Lewis, Peter ^a   Muscat, Josh ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Colorectal cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Rurality; Stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68549120837     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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