The Contribution of Cancer Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis and Survival to Racial Differences in Years of Life Expectancy

BACKGROUND: African Americans have higher cancer mortality rates than whites. Understanding the relative contribution of cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis and survival after diagnosis to the racial gap in life expectancy has important implications for directing future health disparity interventio...

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Autores principales: Wong, Mitchell D., Ettner, Susan L., Boscardin, W. John, Shapiro, Martin F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-0912-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-0912-1

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