Longitudinal, population-based study of racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer survival: impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status, treatment and comorbidity
Open Access
- 16 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Cancer
- Vol. 7 (1), 193
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-193
Abstract
Colorectal cancer, if detected early, has greater than 90% 5-year survival. However, survival has been shown to vary across racial/ethnic groups in the United States, despite the availability of early detection methods.Keywords
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