Reducing time-to-treatment in underserved Latinas with breast cancer: The Six Cities Study

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 752-760

  Ramirez, Amelie ^a   Perez Stable, Eliseo ^b   Penedo, Frank ^c   Talavera, Gregory ^d   Carrillo, J Emilio ^e   Fernández, María ^f   Holden, Alan ^a   Munoz, Edgar ^a   San Miguel, Sandra ^a   Gallion, Kipling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; culture; Latinas; patient navigation; time to treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME TO TREATMENT;

BREAST CANCER; CULTURE; LATINAS; PATIENT NAVIGATION; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT NAVIGATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84896739586     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28450     Document Type: Article

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