Health disparities are important determinants of outcome for children with solid tumor malignancies

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 161-166

  Austin, Mary T ^a,b   Nguyen, Hoang ^a   Eberth, Jan M ^c   Chang, Yuchia ^a   Heczey, Andras ^d   Hughes, Dennis P ^a   Lally, Kevin P ^b   Elting, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Pediatric cancer; Solid tumors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEXAS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84922515846     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.10.037     Document Type: Article

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