Left behind: cancer disparities in the developed world

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3261-3264

  Dixit, Niharika ^a   Crawford, Gregory B ^b,c   Lemonde, Manon ^d   Rittenberg, Cynthia N ^e   Fernández Ortega, Paz ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^e Rittenberg Oncology Consulting   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer disparities; Developed world

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TRENDS;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84962641413     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3192-4     Document Type: Article

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