Disparities in the application of adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for early stage breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2590-2598

  Dragun, Anthony E ^a   Huang, Bin ^b,c   Tucker, Thomas C ^c   Spanos, William J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; disparity; elderly; minority; radiation; rural; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958848268     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25821     Document Type: Article

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