Barriers to early detection and treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in African American men

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1557-1562

  Carroll, William R ^a   Kohler, Connie L ^b   Carter, Vivian L ^c   Hannon, Lonnie ^c   Skipper, Joni B ^a   Rosenthal, Eben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Black Belt counties; Cancer; Early detection; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449170563     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21125     Document Type: Article

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