Breast cancer survival in women of African descent living in the US and in the Caribbean: Effect of place of birth

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 515-520

  Taioli, Emanuela ^a   Attong Rogers, Allison ^b   Layne, Penelope ^c   Roach, Veronica ^d   Ragin, Camille ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^c Guyana Registry   (Guyana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Cancer outcome; Epidemiology; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES; AGED; BLACK PERSON; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 77955653452     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0702-9     Document Type: Article

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