Racial differences in cancer specialist consultation, treatment, and outcomes for locoregional pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2968-2977

  Murphy, Melissa M ^a   Simons, Jessica P ^a   Ng, Sing Chau ^a   McDade, Theodore P ^a   Smith, Jillian K ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a   Zhou, Zheng ^a   Earle, Craig C ^b   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350370029     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0656-5     Document Type: Article

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