Background. One of the possible assumptions for the higher mortality from cancer of blacks versus whites is that blacks tend to be diagnosed relatively more often with later stage disease. This study examined the stages at diagnosis for female breast cancer and other gynecologic cancers among blacks
Stage at presentation and survival of white and black patients with prostate carcinoma
โ Scribed by Peter N. Brawn; Edwin H. Johnson; Daniel L. Kuhl; Mark W. Riggs; V. O. Speights; Charles F. Johnson III; Perry P. Pandya; Mary L. Lind; Norma F. Bell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 433 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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