A black-white comparison of the quality of stage-specific colon cancer treatment

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 713-722

  Berry, Jamillah ^a   Caplan, Lee ^a   Davis, Sharon ^a   Minor, Patrick ^a   Counts Spriggs, Margaret ^b   Glover, Roni ^b   Ogunlade, Vickie ^b   Bumpers, Kevin ^c   Kauh, John ^c   Brawley, Otis W ^c,d   Flowers, Christopher ^c  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Colon adenocarcinoma; Diagnostic stage; Disparities; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76249084341     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24757     Document Type: Article

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