Lung cancer survival among black and white patients in an equal access health system

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1841-1847

  Zheng, Li ^a   Enewold, Lindsey ^a   Zahm, Shelia H ^b   Shriver, Craig D ^a,c,d   Zhou, Jing ^a   Marrogi, Aizen ^e   McGlynn, Katherine A ^b   Zhu, Kangmin ^a,d  

^a United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Walter Reed Institute of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867297942     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0560     Document Type: Article

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