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Racial disparities in cancer therapy†

Did the gap narrow between 1992 and 2002?

  1. Cary P. Gross MD1,‡,*,
  2. Benjamin D. Smith MD2,
  3. Elizabeth Wolf BA1,
  4. Martin Andersen MPH1

Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23228

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 112, Issue 4, pages 900–908, 15 February 2008

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Gross, C. P., Smith, B. D., Wolf, E. and Andersen, M. (2008), Racial disparities in cancer therapy. Cancer, 112: 900–908. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23228

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  1. 1

    Section of General Internal Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

  2. 2

    Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas

  1. ‡

    Fax: (203) 688-4092

*Yale University School of Medicine, Primary Care Center, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208025, New Haven, CT 06520

  1. †

    None of the authors have any significant conflicts of interest to declare.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 FEB 2008
  2. Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 10 SEP 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 4 SEP 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 25 JUN 2007

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  • Beeson Career Development Award. Grant Number: 1 K08 AG24842
  • Eliminating Cancer Disparities of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award

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