Was race a factor in the outcomes of the women's health eating and living study?

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3805-3813

  Paxton, Raheem J ^a   Jones, Lovell A ^a   Chang, Shine ^a   Hernandez, Mike ^a   Hajek, Richard A ^a   Flatt, Shirley W ^b   Natarajan, Loki ^b   Pierce, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; diet; ethnicity; race; randomized controlled trial; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND CANCER; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; VEGETABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80051508778     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25957     Document Type: Article

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