Early referral to supportive care specialists for symptom burden in lung cancer patients: A comparison of non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic blacks

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 856-863

  Reyes Gibby, Cielito C ^a   Anderson, Karen O ^a   Shete, Sanjay ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Yennurajalingam, Sriram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; ethnicity; Hispanics; non Hispanic blacks; palliative care; race; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NON HISPANIC BLACK; NON HISPANIC WHITE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84856211179     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26312     Document Type: Article

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