Racial disparities in clinical presentation, surgical treatment and in-hospital outcomes of women with breast cancer: Analysis of nationwide inpatient sample database

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 561-569

  Dehal, Ahmed ^a   Abbas, Ali ^b,c   Johna, Samir ^d  

^a ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; In hospital outcomes; Racial disparity; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878762861     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2567-1     Document Type: Article

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