Effects of individual-level socioeconomic factors on racial disparities in cancer treatment and survival

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3242-3251

  Du, Xianglin L ^a   Lin, Charles C ^b   Johnson, Norman J ^b   Altekruse, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; racial disparities; socioeconomic status; survival; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960021762     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25854     Document Type: Article

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