Studying cancer in minorities: A look at the numbers

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2762-2769

  Olson, Sara H ^a   Layne, Tracy M ^a   Simon, Jennifer A ^a   Ludwig, Emmy ^a   O'Reilly, Eileen ^a   Allen, Peter J ^a   Kurtz, Robert C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; epidemiology; minorities; minority recruitment; population characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MINORITY GROUP; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 79958805102     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25871     Document Type: Article

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