Black-white differences in receipt and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the US

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 285-296

  Lipscomb, Joseph ^a,b,d   Gillespie, Theresa W ^b,c,d   Goodman, Michael ^a,b   Richardson, Lisa C ^e   Pollack, Lori A ^e   Ryerson, A Blythe ^a,e   Ward, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Cancer care in rural regions; Cancer health disparities; Racial differences in cancer care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860320798     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1916-1     Document Type: Article

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