Effect of place of residence and treatment on survival outcomes in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in British Columbia

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Lee, Benny ^a   Goktepe, Ozge ^b   Hay, Kevin ^a   Connors, Joseph M ^a,b   Sehn, Laurie H ^a,b   Savage, Kerry J ^a,b   Shenkier, Tamara ^a,b   Klasa, Richard ^a,b   Gerrie, Alina ^a,b,c   Villa, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Access to care; Cancer care quality; Disparities; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896484958     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0343     Document Type: Article

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