Racial/ethnic patterns of care for pancreatic cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 623-630

  Shavers, Vickie L ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Jackson, Monica ^b   Robinson, Jamuir ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Walden University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349209231     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0036     Document Type: Article

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