Lower albumin levels in African Americans at colon cancer diagnosis: A potential explanation for outcome disparities between groups?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-472

  McCutchen, Aja S ^a   Munoz, Juan Carlos ^a   Brenner, Lacie ^a   Wludyka, Peter ^a   Vega, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Colon cancer; Diagnosis; Disparities; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COLON TUMOR; METABOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960163657     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1134-7     Document Type: Article

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