Racial Differences and Disparities in Cancer Care and Outcomes. Where's the Rub?

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-437

  Esnaola, Nestor F ^a   Ford, Marvella E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Cancer; Differences; Disparities; Race; White

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860858920     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: 15585042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.03.012     Document Type: Review

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