Hospital Factors and Racial Disparities in Mortality After Surgery for Breast and Colon Cancer

PURPOSE: Black patients have worse prognoses than whites with breast or colorectal cancer. Mechanisms underlying such disparities have not been fully explored. We examined the role of hospital factors in racial differences in late mortality after surgery for breast or colon cancer. METHODS: Patients...

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Main Authors: Breslin, Tara M., Morris, Arden M., Gu, Niya, Wong, Sandra L., Finlayson, Emily V., Banerjee, Mousumi, Birkmeyer, John D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734396/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470926
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8546
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