Racial disparities in melanoma survival

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 983-991

  Dawes, Sean M ^a   Tsai, Sheena ^b   Gittleman, Haley ^b   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill S ^b   Bordeaux, Jeremy S ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American Native American Pacific Islander; black; epidemiology; health outcomes; melanoma; public health; race; stage; survival; white

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979735735     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.06.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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