Cancer Survival Among US Whites and Minorities
Author(s) -
Limin X. Clegg,
Frederick P. Li,
Benjamin F. Hankey,
Kenneth C. Chu,
Brenda K. Edwards
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.17.1985
Subject(s) - cancer , ethnic group , medicine , colorectal cancer , demography , epidemiology , socioeconomic status , lung cancer , relative survival , mortality rate , prostate cancer , breast cancer , gerontology , oncology , cancer registry , population , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
Available cancer statistics pertain primarily to white and African American populations. This study describes racial or ethnic patterns of cancer-specific survival and relative risks (RRs) of cancer death for all cancers combined and for cancers of the colon and rectum, lung and bronchus, prostate, and female breast for the 6 major US racial or ethnic groups.
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