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Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured population†

  1. Chyke A. Doubeni MD, MPH1,2,‡,*,
  2. Terry S. Field DSc2,
  3. Diana S.M. Buist PhD3,
  4. Eli J. Korner PharmD, MPH4,
  5. Carol Bigelow PhD5,
  6. Lois Lamerato PhD6,
  7. Lisa Herrinton PhD7,
  8. Virginia P. Quinn PhD8,
  9. Gene Hart MS3,
  10. Mark C. Hornbrook PhD9,
  11. Jerry H. Gurwitz MD2,
  12. Edward H. Wagner MD, MPH3

Article first published online: 21 DEC 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22437

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 109, Issue 3, pages 612–620, 1 February 2007

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Doubeni, C. A., Field, T. S., Buist, D. S.M., Korner, E. J., Bigelow, C., Lamerato, L., Herrinton, L., Quinn, V. P., Hart, G., Hornbrook, M. C., Gurwitz, J. H. and Wagner, E. H. (2007), Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured population. Cancer, 109: 612–620. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22437

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  1. 1

    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Meyers Primary Care Institute; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Clinic Foundation, and Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Group Health Center for Health Studies, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California

  4. 4

    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente, Aurora, Colorado

  5. 5

    Program in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

  6. 6

    Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan

  7. 7

    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California

  8. 8

    Research and Evaluation Department, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California

  9. 9

    Center for Health Research, Northwest/Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon

  1. ‡

    Fax: (508) 856-1212

*Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655

  1. †

    This research was made possible by the cooperation of the participating Cancer Research Network members. We are particularly grateful to Donald J. Bachman, MS; Jennifer Ellis, MSPH; Hassan Fouayzi, MS; Rick Krajenta; Liyan Liu, MSPH; Janis Yao, MS; and Fagen Xie, PhD, whose collective work in building the Cancer Research Network's Virtual Data Warehouse made this research project possible.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 21 DEC 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 NOV 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 NOV 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 24 AUG 2006

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  • Funding from the National Cancer Institute to the Cancer Research Network. Grant Number: U19 CA079689
  • National Cancer Institute to the Cancer Research Network. Grant Number: U19 CA079689-06
  • American Cancer Society. Grant Number: CRTG-03-024-01-CCE

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