Long-term financial burden of breast cancer: Experiences of a diverse cohort of survivors identified through population-based registries

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1269-1276

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Pottow, John A E ^b   Griffith, Kent A ^a   Bradley, Cathy ^c   Hamilton, Ann S ^d   Graff, John ^e   Katz, Steven J ^a   Hawley, Sarah T ^a  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904735247     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.53.0956     Document Type: Article

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