'Minority report': How best to analyze clinical trial data to address disparities

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-521

  Hershman, Dawn L ^a   Unger, Joseph M ^b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP STATISTICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NOTE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449581218     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0538-3     Document Type: Note

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