Patient, hospital, and neighborhood factors associated with treatment of early-stage breast cancer among Asian American women in California

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-834

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Press, David J ^a   Lichtensztajn, Daphne ^a   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,b   Shema, Sarah J ^a   Le, Gem M ^a   Kurian, Allison W ^b  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; EARLY CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862845920     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1143     Document Type: Article

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