Influence of socioeconomic status on survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in the ontario population; a population-based study, 1990-2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Jembere, Nathaniel ^a   Campitelli, Michael A ^a,b   Sherman, Morris ^a   Feld, Jordan J ^a   Lou, Wendy ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^c   Yoshida, Eric ^c   Krahn, Murray D ^a,d   Earle, Craig ^b,e   Thein, Hla Hla ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84863753758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040917     Document Type: Article

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