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Racial disparities in breast carcinoma survival rates†

Separating factors that affect diagnosis from factors that affect treatment

  1. Kenneth C. Chu Ph.D.§,*,
  2. Charisee A. Lamar Ph.D.‡,
  3. Harold P. Freeman M.D.

Article first published online: 19 MAY 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11411

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 97, Issue 11, pages 2853–2860, 1 June 2003

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Chu, K. C., Lamar, C. A. and Freeman, H. P. (2003), Racial disparities in breast carcinoma survival rates. Cancer, 97: 2853–2860. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11411

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  1. Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

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    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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*Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute, Building 6116 Executive Blvd, Room 6029, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-8341

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    This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 MAY 2003
  2. Article first published online: 19 MAY 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 FEB 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 31 JAN 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 9 SEP 2002

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