Racial disparities in esophageal cancer survival after surgery

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 659-664

  Taioli, Emanuela ^a,b   Wolf, Andrea S ^a   Camacho Rivera, Marlene ^c   Kaufman, Andrew ^a   Lee, Dong Seok ^a   Bhora, Faiz ^d   Flores, Raja M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer disparity; epidemiology; health care delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958259545     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.24203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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