The association of insurance and stage at diagnosis among patients aged 55 to 74 years in the national cancer database

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 614-621

  Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Fedewa, Stacey A ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   Virgo, Katherine ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; Health care; insurance; stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650436707     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181ff2aec     Document Type: Review

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