Insurance status and disparities in disease presentation, treatment, and outcomes for men with germ cell tumors

Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 3127-3135

  Markt, Sarah C ^a   Lago Hernandez, Carlos A ^b   Miller, Rowan E ^b   Mahal, Brandon A ^b   Bernard, Brandon ^b   Albiges, Laurence ^b   Frazier, Lindsay A ^c   Beard, Clair J ^b   Wright, Alexi A ^c   Sweeney, Christopher J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; disparities; germ cell tumors; insurance; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY RATE; ORCHIECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 84991253047     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30159     Document Type: Article

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