Marked variations in proximal colon cancer survival by race/ethnicity within the United States

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 625-630

  Wong, Robert John ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer epidemiology; racial disparities; right sided colon cancers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957552600     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c64a7a     Document Type: Article

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