Social disparities in survival after diagnosis with colorectal cancer: Contribution of race and insurance status

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-47

  Pulte, Dianne ^a,b   Jansen, Lina ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Disparities; Insurance; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016315254     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.03.004     Document Type: Article

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