Disparities in the surgical management of women with Stage I breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 869-872

  Olaya, Windy ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a,b   Morgan, John W ^a,b   Roy Chowdhury, Sharmila ^a   Lum, Sharon S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70450265779     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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