Dissecting racial disparities in the treatment of patients with locoregional pancreatic cancer: A 2-step process

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 930-939

  Riall, Taylor S ^a   Townsend Jr , Courtney M ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Racial disparities; Resectability; Surgical evaluation; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76249092818     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24836     Document Type: Article

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