Socioeconomic factors may contribute to neoadjuvant chemotherapy use in metastatic epithelial ovarian carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Chase, Dana M ^a   Rincon, Alejandrina ^a   Deane, Molly ^a   Tewari, Krishnansu S ^a   Brewster, Wendy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Neo adjuvant chemotherapy; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MELPHALAN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350571175     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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