Late presentation of colorectal cancer in a vulnerable population

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Ho, Chanda ^a   Kornfield, Rachel ^b   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Inadomi, John ^c   Yee, Hal ^d   Somsouk, Ma ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Department of Health Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84875913848     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.256     Document Type: Article

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