Hospital racial composition and the treatment of localized prostate cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5569-5578

  Pollack, Craig Evan ^a,b,c   Bekelman, Justin E ^d   Liao, K J ^d   Armstrong, Katrina ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; hospital; prostate cancer; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HOSPITAL RACIAL COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955163182     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26232     Document Type: Article

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