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Racial differences in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Author(s) -
Flowers Christopher R.,
Pro Barbara
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28233
Subject(s) - chronic lymphocytic leukemia , medicine , leukemia , cancer , oncology , gerontology
African American patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia receiving care at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center more commonly presented with poor‐risk biological features and had worse survival. These results provide additional clinical details to understand the nature of racial disparities in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.