Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival: The contribution of tumor, sociodemographic, institutional, and neighborhood characteristics

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-33

  Ellis, Libby ^a,b   Canchola, Alison J ^a   Spiegel, David ^b,c   Ladabaum, Uri ^b,c   Haile, Robert ^c,d   Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,e  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR VOLUME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85039914870     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2017.74.2049     Document Type: Article

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