Survival disparities in Australia: An analysis of patterns of care and comorbidities among indigenous and non-indigenous cancer patients

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moore, Suzanne P ^a,d   Green, Adèle C ^b,c   Bray, Freddie ^d   Garvey, Gail ^a   Coory, Michael ^e   Martin, Jennifer ^f,g   Valery, Patricia C ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stage; Comorbidity; Diabetes; Disparity; Indigenous; Queensland; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904270821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-517     Document Type: Article

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