Underuse of surgical resection in black patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer: Location, location, location

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-556

  Esnaola, Nestor F ^a   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^b   Finney, Chris ^c   Ford, Marvella E ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Office of Research and Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349682628     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b732a5     Document Type: Article

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