Trends in disparities in receipt of adjuvant therapy for elderly stage III colon cancer patients: The role of the medical oncologist evaluation

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1229-1236

  Davidoff, Amy J ^a   Rapp, Thomas ^a   Onukwugha, Ebere ^a   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^a   Hanna, Nader ^b   Pandya, Naimish ^b   Mullins, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Colon cancer; Disparities; Medical oncologist

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COLON TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; ONCOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73349108512     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181b58a85     Document Type: Article

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