Racial and ethnic disparities in survival of US children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Evidence from the SEER database 1988-2008

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-743

  Goggins, William B ^a   Lo, Fiona F K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer survival; Childhood cancers; Epidemiology; Ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; KOREAN; MALE; MEXICAN; ONSET AGE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIETNAMESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862536781     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9943-8     Document Type: Article

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