The impact of race on survival in uterine serous carcinoma: A hospital-based study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-580

  Al Wahab, Zaid ^a   Ali Fehmi, Rouba ^a   Cote, Michele L ^a,b   Elshaikh, Mohamed A ^c   Ibrahim, Dina R ^c   Semaan, Assaad ^a   Schultz, Daniel ^c   Morris, Robert T ^a   Munkarah, Adnan R ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Race; Uterine serous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE SEROUS CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79957481953     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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