Association of Insurance and Race/Ethnicity with Disease Severity among Men Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Database 2004-2006
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- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
- Vol. 19 (10), 2437-2444
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-10-0299
Abstract
Background: Previous studies documenting variations in severity of prostate cancer at diagnosis by race/ethnicity and insurance status have been limited to small sample sizes and patients ≥65 years of age. This study examines disease severity among patients ages 18 to 99 from the National Cancer Database (NCDB).Other Versions
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