The effect of neighborhood disadvantage on the racial disparity in ovarian cancer-specific survival in a large hospital-based study in Cook County, Illinois

The effect of neighborhood disadvantage on the racial disparity in ovarian cancer-specific survival in a large hospital-based study in Cook County, Illinois

This paper examines the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on racial disparities in ovarian cancer-specific survival. Despite treatment advances for ovarian cancer, survival remains shorter for African-American compared to White women. Neighborhood disadvantage is implicated in racial disparities...

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Main Authors: Caryn E. Peterson, Garth H. Rauscher, Timothy P. Johnson, Carolyn V. Kirschner, Sally eFreels, Richard E. Barrett, Seijeoung eKim, Marian L. Fitzgibbon, Charlotte E. Joslin, Faith G Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Healthcare Disparities
survival analysis
Neighborhood effect
Ovarian cancer and socioeconomic status
Racial disparities in ovarian cancer
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00008/full

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