Racial disparities in physical and functional domains in women with breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1839-1847

  Morehead Gee, Alicia J ^a   Pfalzer, Lucinda ^b   Levy, Ellen ^a   McGarvey, Charles ^c   Springer, Barbara ^d   Soballe, Peter ^e   Gerber, Lynn ^f   Stout, Nicole L ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^c CLM Consulting   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation and Reintegration Division   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health disparities; Health status; Health related quality of life; Physical impairment; Race

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863985113     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1285-7     Document Type: Article

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