Disparities in stage at diagnosis among adults with testicular germ cell tumors in the national cancer data base

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23.e15-23.e21

  Lerro, Catherine C ^a   Robbins, Anthony S ^a   Fedewa, Stacey A ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Health care disparities; Insurance; Late stage diagnosis; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CANCER STAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; REGISTER; SEMINOMA; SOCIAL CLASS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; REGISTRIES; SEMINOMA; SOCIAL CLASS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890794956     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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