Cancer Survival Among US Whites and Minorities

Abstract

Survival rates in patients with cancer have improved in recent years, but racial or ethnic differences in survival rates and in RRs of cancer death persist. Additional studies are needed to clarify the socioeconomic, medical, biological, cultural, and other determinants of these findings.

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CancerEthnic groupMedicineColorectal cancerDemographyEpidemiologySocioeconomic statusLung cancerRelative survivalMortality rateProstate cancerBreast cancerGerontologyOncologyCancer registryInternal medicinePopulationEnvironmental health

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National Institutes of Health US

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 162
Issue: 17
Pages: 1985-1985
Citations: 530
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                                    Limin X. Clegg, 
                                
                                    Frederick P. Li, 
                                
                                    Benjamin F. Hankey
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Cancer Survival Among US Whites and Minorities. 
                            Archives of Internal Medicine
                            , 162
                            (17)
                            , 1985-1985.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.17.1985
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.17.1985