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Racial disparities and treatment trends in a large cohort of elderly African Americans and Caucasians with colorectal cancer, 1991 to 2002

  1. Arica White MPH1,†,‡,*,
  2. Chih-Chin Liu MS1,
  3. Rui Xia MS1,
  4. Keith Burau PhD2,
  5. Janice Cormier MD, MPH3,
  6. Wenyaw Chan PhD2,
  7. Xianglin L. Du MD, PhD1

Article first published online: 17 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23924

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 113, Issue 12, pages 3400–3409, 15 December 2008

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White, A., Liu, C.-C., Xia, R., Burau, K., Cormier, J., Chan, W. and Du, X. L. (2008), Racial disparities and treatment trends in a large cohort of elderly African Americans and Caucasians with colorectal cancer, 1991 to 2002. Cancer, 113: 3400–3409. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23924

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

  2. 2

    Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

  3. 3

    Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  1. †

    Arica White is the recipient of a predoctoral fellowship under a National Cancer Institute training grant (R25-CA057712).

  2. ‡

    Fax: (713) 500-9750

*The University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2510-J, Houston, TX 77030

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 17 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JUL 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 JUL 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 7 MAR 2008

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  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Grant Number: R01-HS016743

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