Predictors of Delayed-Stage Colorectal Cancer: Are We Neglecting Critical Demographic Information?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 914-921

  Morgan, John W ^a,c   Cho, Myung Mi ^a,d   Guenzi, Christine D ^a   Jackson, Christian ^e   Mathur, Arvind ^a,b   Natto, Zuhair ^a   Kazanjian, Kevork ^b   Tran, Hoan ^b   Shavlik, David ^a   Lum, Sharon S ^b,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program   (United States)

^d Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^e Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Delayed Stage; Demographic; Ethnicity; Race; Race Ethnicity; SES; Socioeconomic Status

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855144639     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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