Increasing accrual in cancer clinical trials with a focus on minority enrollment: The William Beaumont Hospital Community Clinical Oncology Program Experience

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4764-4771

  Vicini, Frank ^a   Nancarrow Tull, Joyce ^b   Shah, Chirag ^a   Chmielewski, Gary ^b   Fakhouri, Monty ^b   Sitarek, Stacey A ^b   Feczko, Claire T ^b   Brzozowski, Carol ^b   Felten, David L ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; clinical trials; community clinical oncology program; minorities; National Cancer Institute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MICHIGAN; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80053913478     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26094     Document Type: Article

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