Treatment delays of colon cancer in a safety-net hospital system

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 311-316

  Millas, Stefanos G ^a   Alawadi, Zeinab M ^a   Wray, Curtis J ^a   Silberfein, Eric J ^b   Escamilla, Richard J ^a   Karanjawala, Burzeen E ^a   Ko, Tien C ^a   Kao, Lillian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Disparities; Safety net hospital system; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; THERAPY DELAY; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940720166     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.078     Document Type: Article

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