The role of stage at diagnosis in colorectal cancer black-white survival disparities: A counterfactual causal inference approach

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-89

  Valeri, Linda ^a,b   Chen, Jarvis T ^c   Garcia Albeniz, Xabier ^c   Krieger, Nancy ^c   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^c   Coull, Brent A ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84955295914     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0456     Document Type: Article

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