Disparities in pancreas cancer care

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2078-2087

  Abraham, Anasooya ^a   Al Refaie, Waddah B ^a,b   Parsons, Helen M ^a   Dudeja, Vikas ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878233424     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2843-z     Document Type: Article

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