Disparities in cancer care between the United States of America and India and opportunities for surgeons to lead

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Are, Chandrakanth ^a   Colburn, Lois ^a   Rajaram, Shireen ^a   Vijayakumar, Manavalan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Disparities; India; Surgeons; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954094069     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21579     Document Type: Article

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