Association of socio-economic status and stage of pancreatic cancer at time of surgery in a German setting

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 120, 2012, Pages 2614-2617

  Standop, Jens ^a   Kuhn, Yvonne ^a   Glowka, Tim R ^a   Schaefer, Nico ^a   Overhaus, Marcus ^a   Schmitz, Volker ^a   Andreas, Hirner ^a   Kalff, Jörg C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Pancreatic cancer; Socio economic status; Tumor stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84872089990     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge10334     Document Type: Article

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