Longitudinal, population-based study of racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer survival: Impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status, treatment and comorbidity Running title: Colorectal cancer survival

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  • Scarlett Lin Gomez
  • Cynthia D. O’Malley
  • Antoinette Stroup
  • Sarah J. Shema
  • William A. Satariano
  • S. Gomez
چکیده

Author’s affiliations: S. Gomez, Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Northern California Cancer Center, 2201 Walnut Ave, Suite 300, Fremont, California 94538, [email protected]. C. O’Malley, Northern California Cancer Center, 2201 Walnut Ave, Suite 300, Fremont, California 94538 (affiliation at time of work), [email protected] A. Stroup, Utah Cancer Registry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, [email protected]. S. Shema, Northern California Cancer Center, 2201 Walnut Ave, Suite 300, Fremont, California 94538, [email protected]. W. Satariano, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, [email protected].

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تاریخ انتشار 2007