Head and neck cancer-specific survival based on socioeconomic status in Asians and Pacific Islanders

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1935-1945

  Chu, Karen P ^a   Shema, Sarah ^b   Wu, Simon ^a   Gomez, Scarlett L ^b   Chang, Ellen T ^b   Le, Quynh Thu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; head and neck cancer; Pacific Islanders; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79955454671     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25723     Document Type: Article

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