Expanding colorectal cancer screening among minority women

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Shike, Moshe ^a   Schattner, Mark ^a   Genao, Alvaro ^b   Grant, Winsome ^a   Burke, Margaret ^a   Zauber, Ann ^a   Russo, Lianne ^a   Cuyjet, Valerie ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening; underserved population; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650712995     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25566     Document Type: Article

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