Insurance status and survival disparities among nonelderly rectal cancer patients in the national cancer data base

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4178-4186

  Robbins, Anthony S ^a   Chen, Amy Y ^a,b   Stewart, Andrew K ^c   Staley, Charles A ^b   Virgo, Katherine S ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Insurance; Rectal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956794136     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25317     Document Type: Article

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