Spatial analyses identify the geographic source of patients at a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1065-1072

  Su, Shu Chih ^a   Kanarek, Norma ^a   Fox, Michael G ^b   Guseynova, Alla ^b   Crow, Shirley ^b   Piantadosi, Steven ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 76049086969     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1875     Document Type: Article

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