Gastrointestinal Malignancies: When Does Race Matter?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-652

  Fitzgerald, Timothy L ^a   Bradley, Cathy J ^b   Dahman, Bassam ^c   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM RESECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350134187     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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