Racial differences in stage at diagnosis and survival from epithelial ovarian cancer: A fundamental cause of disease approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-281

  Kim, Seijeoung ^a   Dolecek, Therese A ^a   Davis, Faith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Mortality; Ovarian cancer; Race; Stage at diagnosis, fundamental cause of disease; Survival; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNICITY; MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; TUMOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; NEGRO; OVARY CANCER; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

COOK COUNTY [ILLINOIS]; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953687835     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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