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Authors: Keegan TH, Lichtensztajn DY, Kato I, Kent EE, Wu XC, West MM, Hamilton AS, Zebrack B, Bellizzi KM, Smith AW, AYA HOPE Study Collaborative Group
Title: Unmet adolescent and young adult cancer survivors information and service needs: a population-based cancer registry study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2012 Sep
Journal: J Cancer Surviv 6(3):239-50
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Information Seeking;   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Leukemia;   Lymphoma;   Testis;   Other
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Adolescent & Young Adult Health Outcomes & Patient Experience (AYA HOPE) Study
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Authors: Tiro JA, Tsui J, Bauer HM, Yamada E, Kobrin S, Breen N
Title: Human papillomavirus vaccine use among adolescent girls and young adult women: an analysis of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2012 Jun
Journal: J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21(6):656-65
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: administration & dosage;   Adolescent;   Adult;   California;   Chi-Square Distribution;   Female;   Health Behavior;   Health Care Surveys;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Papillomavirus Infections;   Papillomavirus Vaccines;   Parents;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Pregnancy;   prevention & control;   psychology;   Regression Analysis;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Vaccination;   Young Adult
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Authors: Fairfield KM, Murray KM, Wierman HR, Han PK, Hallen S, Miesfeldt S, Trimble EL, Warren JL, Earle CC
Title: Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2012 Apr
Journal: Gynecol Oncol 125(1):14-8
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Palliative & End-of-life Care
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services for the Aged;   Healthcare Disparities;   Hospice Care;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Medicare;   Minority Groups;   mortality;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   Poverty;   Referral and Consultation;   Registries;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time Factors;   trends;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Anhang Price R, Tiro JA, Saraiya M, Meissner H, Breen N
Title: Use of human papillomavirus vaccines among young adult women in the United States: an analysis of the 2008 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 Dec 15
Journal: Cancer 117(24):5560-8
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Information Seeking;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: administration & dosage;   Adolescent;   Adult;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Immunization;   immunology;   Papillomavirus Vaccines;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Harlan LC, Lynch CF, Ballard-Barbash R, Zeruto C
Title: Trends in the treatment and survival for local and regional cutaneous melanoma in a US population-based study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 Dec
Journal: Melanoma Res 21(6):547-54
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Surveillance;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Skin
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   epidemiology;   Female;   Follow-Up Studies;   Humans;   Male;   Medical Oncology;   Melanoma;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Neoplasm Invasiveness;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Population;   SEER Program;   Skin Neoplasms;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   trends;   Tumor Burden;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Parsons HM, Harlan LC, Seibel NL, Stevens JL, Keegan TH
Title: Clinical trial participation and time to treatment among adolescents and young adults with cancer: does age at diagnosis or insurance make a difference?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 Oct 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 29(30):4045-53
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Quality of Care;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies;   Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Neoplasms;   Patient Selection;   Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma;   Research Subjects;   Sarcoma;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States;   utilization;   Young Adult
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Authors: Klabunde CN, Cronin KA, Breen N, Waldron WR, Ambs AH, Nadel MR
Title: Trends in colorectal cancer test use among vulnerable populations in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 Aug
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20(8):1611-21
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Aged;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Occult Blood;   Sigmoidoscopy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Breen N, Gentleman JF, Schiller JS
Title: Update on mammography trends: comparisons of rates in 2000, 2005, and 2008.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 May 15
Journal: Cancer 117(10):2209-18
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   Early Detection of Cancer;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   radiography;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Yabroff KR, Klabunde CN, Yuan G, McNeel TS, Brown ML, Casciotti D, Buckman DW, Taplin S
Title: Are physicians' recommendations for colorectal cancer screening guideline-consistent?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2011 Feb
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 26(2):177-84
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Survey of PCPs' Recommendations & Practices for Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, & Lung Cancer Screening
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Attitude of Health Personnel;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   epidemiology;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Occult Blood;   Physicians, Primary Care;   prevention & control;   Sigmoidoscopy;   standards;   utilization
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Authors: Belcher BR, Berrigan D, Dodd KW, Emken BA, Chou CP, Spruijt-Metz D
Title: Physical activity in US youth: effect of race/ethnicity, age, gender, and weight status.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Dec
Journal: Med Sci Sports Exerc 42(12):2211-21
Topic(s): Diet;   Health Disparities;   Physical Activity;   Risk Factors;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Keywords: Actigraphy;   Adolescent;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Age Factors;   Anthropometry;   Body Mass Index;   Body Weight;   Child;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Exercise;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   instrumentation;   Male;   Nutrition Surveys;   physiology;   Sex Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Pourat N, Kagawa-Singer M, Breen N, Sripipatana A
Title: Access versus acculturation: identifying modifiable factors to promote cancer screening among Asian American women.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Dec
Journal: Med Care 48(12):1088-96
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Acculturation;   Adult;   Asian Americans;   Attitude to Health;   Breast Neoplasms;   California;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Patient Compliance;   prevention & control;   Social Identification;   statistics & numerical data;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   Vaginal Smears;   Women's Health;   Young Adult
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Authors: Wagner EH, Aiello Bowles EJ, Greene SM, Tuzzio L, Wiese CJ, Kirlin B, Clauser SB
Title: The quality of cancer patient experience: perspectives of patients, family members, providers and experts.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Dec
Journal: Qual Saf Health Care 19(6):484-9
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Economics of Cancer;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Information Seeking;   Patient-centered Communication;   Quality of Care;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Research Network (CRN)
Keywords: Family;   Focus Groups;   Health Personnel;   Humans;   Neoplasms;   Patient Satisfaction;   psychology;   Quality of Health Care;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Fairfield KM, Lucas FL, Earle CC, Small L, Trimble EL, Warren JL
Title: Regional variation in cancer-directed surgery and mortality among women with epithelial ovarian cancer in the Medicare population.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Oct 15
Journal: Cancer 116(20):4840-8
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Quality of Care;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Comorbidity;   drug therapy;   Female;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Medicare;   mortality;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   surgery;   United States
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Authors: Swan J, Breen N, Graubard BI, McNeel TS, Blackman D, Tangka FK, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Data and trends in cancer screening in the United States: results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Oct 15
Journal: Cancer 116(20):4872-81
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   blood;   Colonoscopy;   Early Detection of Cancer;   Educational Status;   Female;   Humans;   Income;   Interviews as Topic;   Male;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   Occult Blood;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Sex Factors;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   trends;   United States;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Arora NK, Kahn KL, Malin JL, Ganz PA, van Ryn M, Hornbrook MC, Kiefe CI, He Y, Urmie JM, Weeks JC, Harrington DP
Title: Patients' experiences with care for lung cancer and colorectal cancer: findings from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Sep 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 28(27):4154-61
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Quality of Care
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal;   Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS);   Cancer Research Network (CRN)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Asian Americans;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Communication;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Services Research;   Health Status Disparities;   Healthcare Disparities;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Language;   Linear Models;   Logistic Models;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care);   Patient Care Team;   Patient Satisfaction;   Patients;   Physician-Patient Relations;   psychology;   Quality of Health Care;   Questionnaires;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Wang X, Baldwin S, Wainer H, Bradlow ET, Reeve BB, Smith AW, Bellizzi KM, Baumgartner KB
Title: Using Testlet Response Theory to analyze data from a survey of attitude change among breast cancer survivors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Aug 30
Journal: Stat Med 29(19):2028-44
Topic(s): Cognitive Methods in Survey Research;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Outcomes Research Measures & Methods;   Research Methodology;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study (HEAL)
Keywords: Attitude to Health;   Bayes Theorem;   Breast Neoplasms;   Data Interpretation, Statistical;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Neoplasm Recurrence, Local;   prevention & control;   psychology;   Psychometrics;   Survivors;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use
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Authors: Breen N, Rao SR, Meissner HI
Title: Immigration, health care access, and recent cancer tests among Mexican-Americans in California.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Aug
Journal: J Immigr Minor Health 12(4):433-44
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adult;   California;   diagnosis;   Emigration and Immigration;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Mexican Americans;   Neoplasms;   statistics & numerical data;   utilization
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Authors: Wiggins CL, Harlan LC, Nelson HE, Stevens JL, Willman CL, Libby EN, Hromas RA
Title: Age disparity in the dissemination of imatinib for treating chronic myeloid leukemia.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Aug
Journal: Am J Med 123(8):764.e1-9
Topic(s): Epidemiologic, Experimental, & Methodological Studies;   Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Pharmacosurveillance;   Quality of Care;   Surveillance;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Leukemia
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies;   Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Humans;   Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive;   Logistic Models;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Piperazines;   Pyrimidines;   SEER Program;   Social Class;   statistics & numerical data;   therapeutic use;   United States
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Authors: Doubeni CA, Laiyemo AO, Young AC, Klabunde CN, Reed G, Field TS, Fletcher RH
Title: Primary care, economic barriers to health care, and use of colorectal cancer screening tests among Medicare enrollees over time.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Jul-Aug
Journal: Ann Fam Med 8(4):299-307
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Research Network (CRN)
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Confidence Intervals;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   economics;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Status Disparities;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Male;   Medicare;   Multivariate Analysis;   Occult Blood;   Odds Ratio;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Primary Health Care;   Sigmoidoscopy;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Shavers VL, Jackson MC, Sheppard VB
Title: Racial/ethnic patterns of uptake of colorectal screening, National Health Interview Survey 2000-2008.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Jul
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 102(7):621-35
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Aged;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Continental Population Groups;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Occult Blood;   prevention & control;   Residence Characteristics;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Lee JH, Goldstein MS, Brown ER, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: How does acculturation affect the use of complementary and alternative medicine providers among Mexican- and Asian-Americans?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Jun
Journal: J Immigr Minor Health 12(3):302-9
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): CHIS - Complementary & Alternative Medicine Survey (CHIS-CAM)
Keywords: Acculturation;   Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Asian Americans;   California;   Complementary Therapies;   Confidence Intervals;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Emigrants and Immigrants;   Female;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Manipulation, Chiropractic;   Massage;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   Odds Ratio;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Patient Satisfaction;   Prevalence;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   utilization;   Young Adult
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Authors: Rogers SO Jr, Gray SW, Landrum MB, Klabunde CN, Kahn KL, Fletcher RH, Clauser S, Tisnado D, Doucette W, Keating NL
Title: Variations in surgeon treatment recommendations for lobectomy in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer by patient age and comorbidity.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Jun
Journal: Ann Surg Oncol 17(6):1581-8
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Quality of Care;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS);   Cancer Research Network (CRN)
Keywords: Adult;   adverse effects;   Age Factors;   Algorithms;   Boston;   Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung;   Comorbidity;   complications;   Decision Making;   epidemiology;   Female;   General Surgery;   Health Care Surveys;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Middle Aged;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Pneumonectomy;   Practice Guidelines as Topic;   Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive;   Questionnaires;   Regression Analysis;   Risk Factors;   Severity of Illness Index;   Smoking;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Thoracic Surgery
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Authors: Bellizzi KM, Smith AW, Reeve BB, Alfano CM, Bernstein L, Meeske K, Baumgartner KB, Ballard-Barbash RR
Title: Posttraumatic growth and health-related quality of life in a racially diverse cohort of breast cancer survivors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 May
Journal: J Health Psychol 15(4):615-26
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study (HEAL)
Keywords: Adaptation, Psychological;   Adult;   Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   Cohort Studies;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   etiology;   Female;   Health Status;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Questionnaires;   statistics & numerical data;   Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic;   Survivors
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Authors: Willis GB, Kudela MS, Levin K, Norberg A, Stark DS, Forsyth BH, Brick PD, Berrigan D, Thompson FE, Lawrence D, Hartman AM
Title: Evaluation of a multistep survey translation process
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2010 Apr 26
Book Editors: Harkness JA, Edwards B, Braun M, Johnson TP, Lyberg LE, Mohler PP, Pennell B, Smith T
Book Title: Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts
ISBN: 9780470177990External Web Site Policy
Topic(s): Cognitive Methods in Survey Research;   Health Disparities;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none
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Authors: National Cancer Institute
Title: Cancer Trends Progress Report - 2009/2010 Update
Type: Report
Date: 2010 Apr
Report:
Topic(s): Diet;   Economics of Cancer;   Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Palliative & End-of-life Care;   Physical Activity;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention;   Quality of Care;   Risk Factors;   Screening;   Sun Exposure;   Surveillance;   Survivorship;   Tobacco;   Treatment;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: none
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Authors: Rakowski W, Wyn R, Breen N, Meissner H, Clark MA
Title: Prevalence and correlates of recent and repeat mammography among California women ages 55-79.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Apr
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol 34(2):168-77
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Aged;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   Prevalence;   Preventive Health Services;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: The Cancer Research Network HMO
Title: The HMO Cancer Research Network: Capacity, Collaboration, & Investigation
Type: Report
Date: 2010 Apr
Report: NIH Publication No. 10-6448
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Diet;   Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Epidemiologic, Experimental, & Methodological Studies;   Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Genetics & Molecular Markers;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Information Seeking;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Palliative & End-of-life Care;   Patient-centered Communication;   Physical Activity;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention;   Quality of Care;   Research Methodology;   Risk Factors;   Cancer Risk Assessment & Prediction;   Screening;   Tobacco;   Treatment;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Research Network (CRN);   Patient-centered Care & Communication
Keywords: none
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Authors: Troiano RP
Title: The limitations of self-report in physical activity and obesity research
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2010 Apr
Book Editors: Bouchard C, Katzmarzyk P
Book Title: Physical Activity and Obesity
ISBN: 9780736076357External Web Site Policy
Topic(s): Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Physical Activity;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention;   Research Methodology;   Risk Factors;   Surveillance;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none
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Authors: Harper S, King NB, Meersman SC, Reichman ME, Breen N, Lynch J
Title: Implicit value judgments in the measurement of health inequalities.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Mar
Journal: Milbank Q 88(1):4-29
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Research Methodology;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   Child;   Child, Preschool;   Developed Countries;   Developing Countries;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Status Disparities;   Health Status Indicators;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Poverty;   Registries;   Risk Factors;   Social Class;   Social Justice;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Vulnerable Populations;   World Health;   Young Adult
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Authors: Orom H, Kiviniemi MT, Underwood W 3rd, Ross L, Shavers VL
Title: Perceived cancer risk: why is it lower among nonwhites than whites?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Mar
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19(3):746-54
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Risk Factors;   Cancer Risk Assessment & Prediction
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Asian Americans;   Cross-Cultural Comparison;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Perception;   psychology;   Risk
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Authors: Doubeni CA, Laiyemo AO, Klabunde CN, Young AC, Field TS, Fletcher RH
Title: Racial and ethnic trends of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrollees.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Feb
Journal: Am J Prev Med 38(2):184-91
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Research Network (CRN)
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Continental Population Groups;   diagnosis;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Services Accessibility;   Healthy People Programs;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medicare;   trends;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Shariff-Marco S, Klassen AC, Bowie JV
Title: Racial/ethnic differences in self-reported racism and its association with cancer-related health behaviors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Feb
Journal: Am J Public Health 100(2):364-74
Topic(s): Diet;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Physical Activity;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention;   Screening;   Tobacco;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   California;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Behavior;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Life Style;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Prejudice;   prevention & control;   Risk-Taking;   utilization
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Authors: Shavers VL, Bakos A, Sheppard VB
Title: Race, ethnicity, and pain among the U.S. adult population.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Feb
Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved 21(1):177-220
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Quality of Care;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Status Disparities;   Humans;   Pain;   Pain Management;   Physician-Patient Relations;   Risk Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Guessous I, Dash C, Lapin P, Doroshenk M, Smith RA, Klabunde CN, National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Screening Among the 65 Plus Task Group
Title: Colorectal cancer screening barriers and facilitators in older persons.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010 Jan-Feb
Journal: Prev Med 50(1-2):3-10
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   utilization
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Authors: Berrigan D, Forsyth BH, Helba C, Levin K, Norberg A, Willis GB
Title: Cognitive testing of physical activity and acculturation questions in recent and long-term Latino immigrants.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010
Journal: BMC Public Health 10():481
Topic(s): Cognitive Methods in Survey Research;   Health Disparities;   Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Physical Activity;   Research Methodology;   Risk Factors
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Acculturation;   Adolescent;   Adult;   Cognition;   Emigrants and Immigrants;   Exercise;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Interview, Psychological;   Male;   Middle Aged;   psychology;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Clayman ML, Manganello JA, Viswanath K, Hesse BW, Arora NK
Title: Providing health messages to Hispanics/Latinos: understanding the importance of language, trust in health information sources, and media use.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010
Journal: J Health Commun 15 Suppl 3():252-63
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Information Seeking;   Prevention
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Keywords: Adult;   Communication Barriers;   Consumer Health Information;   Female;   Health Communication;   Health Promotion;   Health Surveys;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Internet;   Male;   Mass Media;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Multilingualism;   Newspapers;   Periodicals as Topic;   psychology;   statistics & numerical data;   Trust;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Haggstrom DA, Clauser SB, Taplin SH
Title: The health disparities cancer collaborative: a case study of practice registry measurement in a quality improvement collaborative.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2010
Journal: Implement Sci 5():42
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Research Methodology;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none
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Authors: Faupel-Badger JM, Berrigan D, Ballard-Barbash R, Potischman N
Title: Anthropometric correlates of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels by race/ethnicity and gender.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Dec
Journal: Ann Epidemiol 19(12):841-9
Topic(s): Epidemiologic, Experimental, & Methodological Studies;   Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Genetics & Molecular Markers;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Risk Factors;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Body Mass Index;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3;   Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins;   Insulin-Like Growth Factor I;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Nutrition Surveys;   physiology;   Sex Factors;   Waist Circumference;   Waist-Hip Ratio
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Authors: ColĂłn-Ramos U, Thompson FE, Yaroch AL, Moser RP, McNeel TS, Dodd KW, Atienza AA, Sugerman SB, Nebeling L
Title: Differences in fruit and vegetable intake among Hispanic subgroups in California: results from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Nov
Journal: J Am Diet Assoc 109(11):1878-85
Topic(s): Diet;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Prevention;   Risk Factors;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Acculturation;   Adult;   California;   Diet;   ethnology;   Female;   Fruit;   Health Surveys;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Interviews as Topic;   Linear Models;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   Nutrition Assessment;   Nutrition Policy;   Nutrition Surveys;   Sex Distribution;   standards;   statistics & numerical data;   Vegetables
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Authors: Reyna VF, Nelson WL, Han PK, Dieckmann NF
Title: How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Nov
Journal: Psychol Bull 135(6):943-73
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Health Disparities;   Information Seeking;   Patient-centered Communication;   Prevention;   Research Methodology;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Comprehension;   Decision Making;   Fuzzy Logic;   Health Behavior;   Humans;   Individuality;   Judgment;   Models, Theoretical;   Probability Learning;   Problem Solving;   Risk-Taking;   Vulnerable Populations
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Authors: Jackson MC, Davis WW, Waldron W, McNeel TS, Pfeiffer R, Breen N
Title: Impact of geography on mammography use in California.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Oct
Journal: Cancer Causes Control 20(8):1339-53
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   California;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   epidemiology;   Female;   Geography;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   Rural Population;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Urban Population;   utilization
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Authors: Meersman SC, Breen N, Pickle LW, Meissner HI, Simon P
Title: Access to mammography screening in a large urban population: a multi-level analysis.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Oct
Journal: Cancer Causes Control 20(8):1469-82
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Algorithms;   Breast Neoplasms;   California;   diagnosis;   Early Detection of Cancer;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Models, Biological;   Multilevel Analysis;   Social Class;   statistics & numerical data;   Urban Population;   utilization
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Authors: Han PK, Reeve BB, Moser RP, Klein WM
Title: Aversion to ambiguity regarding medical tests and treatments: measurement, prevalence, and relationship to sociodemographic factors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Sep
Journal: J Health Commun 14(6):556-72
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Patient-centered Communication;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Research Methodology;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Analysis of Variance;   Data Collection;   diagnosis;   Female;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Humans;   Income;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Prevalence;   psychology;   Questionnaires;   Reproducibility of Results;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Thompson FE, McNeel TS, Dowling EC, Midthune D, Morrissette M, Zeruto CA
Title: Interrelationships of added sugars intake, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity in adults in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2005.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Aug
Journal: J Am Diet Assoc 109(8):1376-83
Topic(s): Diet;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Risk Factors;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: administration & dosage;   adverse effects;   African Americans;   Age Distribution;   Asian Americans;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Dietary Sucrose;   Educational Status;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   etiology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Food Habits;   Health Surveys;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Income;   Indians, North American;   Male;   Multivariate Analysis;   Nutrition Surveys;   Nutritive Value;   Obesity;   Questionnaires;   Sex Distribution;   Social Class;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Sweetening Agents
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Authors: Schenck AP, Peacock SC, Klabunde CN, Lapin P, Coan JF, Brown ML
Title: Trends in colorectal cancer test use in the medicare population, 1998-2005.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Jul
Journal: Am J Prev Med 37(1):1-7
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Quality of Care;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Status Disparities;   Humans;   Insurance Claim Review;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medicare;   methods;   Occult Blood;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Population Surveillance;   prevention & control;   Registries;   Sigmoidoscopy;   statistics & numerical data;   trends;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Cronin KA, Miglioretti DL, Krapcho M, Yu B, Geller BM, Carney PA, Onega T, Feuer EJ, Breen N, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Bias associated with self-report of prior screening mammography.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Jun
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18(6):1699-705
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Research Methodology;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC);   National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Bias (Epidemiology);   Breast Neoplasms;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   prevention & control;   Registries;   statistics & numerical data;   utilization;   Vermont
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Authors: Yabroff KR, Harlan L, Stevens J, Martin A
Title: Patterns of care in adults with renal cell carcinoma: findings in a population based sample.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Jun
Journal: J Urol 181(6):2462-8; discussion 2469
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Quality of Care;   Surveillance;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Renal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies;   Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Aged;   Carcinoma, Renal Cell;   Female;   Humans;   Kidney Neoplasms;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Nephrectomy;   surgery;   therapy;   utilization
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Authors: Berrigan D, Potischman N, Dodd KW, Hursting SD, Lavigne J, Barrett JC, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Race/ethnic variation in serum levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in US adults.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Apr
Journal: Growth Horm IGF Res 19(2):146-55
Topic(s): Genetics & Molecular Markers;   Health Disparities;   Risk Factors;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Aging;   blood;   Continental Population Groups;   Databases, Factual;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3;   Insulin-Like Growth Factor I;   Male;   metabolism;   Middle Aged;   physiology;   Sex Factors;   United States;   Young Adult
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Authors: Smith AW, Alfano CM, Reeve BB, Irwin ML, Bernstein L, Baumgartner K, Bowen D, McTiernan A, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Race/ethnicity, physical activity, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Feb
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18(2):656-63
Topic(s): Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Physical Activity;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study (HEAL)
Keywords: Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chi-Square Distribution;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Motor Activity;   Prospective Studies;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Regression Analysis;   statistics & numerical data;   Survivors
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Authors: Harper S, Lynch J, Meersman SC, Breen N, Davis WW, Reichman MC
Title: Trends in area-socioeconomic and race-ethnic disparities in breast cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, screening, mortality, and survival among women ages 50 years and over (1987-2005).
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2009 Jan
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18(1):121-31
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Epidemiologic, Experimental, & Methodological Studies;   Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS);   Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Female;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Incidence;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Poverty;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Survival Analysis;   United States
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Authors: Meissner HI, Tiro JA, Haggstrom D, Lu-Yao G, Breen N
Title: Does patient health and hysterectomy status influence cervical cancer screening in older women?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Nov
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 23(11):1822-8
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Decision Making;   Female;   Health Status;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Hysterectomy;   Middle Aged;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   psychology;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Smith ER, Adams SA, Das IP, Bottai M, Fulton J, Hebert JR
Title: Breast cancer survival among economically disadvantaged women: the influences of delayed diagnosis and treatment on mortality.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Oct
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17(10):2882-90
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Screening;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Americans;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chi-Square Distribution;   epidemiology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Registries;   Socioeconomic Factors;   South Carolina;   statistics & numerical data;   Statistics, Nonparametric;   Survival Analysis;   Time Factors
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Authors: Klabunde CN, Lanier D, Meissner HI, Breslau ES, Brown ML
Title: Improving colorectal cancer screening through research in primary care settings.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Sep
Journal: Med Care 46(9 Suppl 1):S1-4
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Economics of Cancer;   Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Quality of Care;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Mass Screening;   organization & administration;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   prevention & control;   Primary Health Care;   Quality Assurance, Health Care;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Warnecke RB, Oh A, Breen N, Gehlert S, Paskett E, Tucker KL, Lurie N, Rebbeck T, Goodwin J, Flack J, Srinivasan S, Kerner J, Heurtin-Roberts S, Abeles R, Tyson FL, Patmios G, Hiatt RA
Title: Approaching health disparities from a population perspective: the National Institutes of Health Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Sep
Journal: Am J Public Health 98(9):1608-15
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Risk Factors
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Attitude to Health;   Biomedical Research;   Cooperative Behavior;   Demography;   epidemiology;   Health Status Disparities;   Humans;   Interdisciplinary Communication;   Interinstitutional Relations;   Minority Groups;   Models, Statistical;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   organization & administration;   Organizational Objectives;   Research Support as Topic;   Risk Factors;   Social Environment;   Social Medicine;   Socioeconomic Factors;   United States
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Authors: Robinson JM, Shavers V
Title: The role of health insurance coverage in cancer screening utilization.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Aug
Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved 19(3):842-56
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Health Care Systems;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   analysis;   Breast Neoplasms;   classification;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   economics;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Male;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Medically Uninsured;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Occult Blood;   prevention & control;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Sex Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Sabatino SA, Coates RJ, Uhler RJ, Breen N, Tangka F, Shaw KM
Title: Disparities in mammography use among US women aged 40-64 years, by race, ethnicity, income, and health insurance status, 1993 and 2005.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Jul
Journal: Med Care 46(7):692-700
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Breast Neoplasms;   Continental Population Groups;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   diagnosis;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Insurance, Health;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   Social Class;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Shapiro JA, Seeff LC, Thompson TD, Nadel MR, Klabunde CN, Vernon SW
Title: Colorectal cancer test use from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Jul
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17(7):1623-30
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Age Distribution;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Confidence Intervals;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Morbidity;   Questionnaires;   Retrospective Studies;   Risk Factors;   Sex Distribution;   Survival Rate;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Harper S, Lynch J, Meersman SC, Breen N, Davis WW, Reichman ME
Title: An overview of methods for monitoring social disparities in cancer with an example using trends in lung cancer incidence by area-socioeconomic position and race-ethnicity, 1992-2004.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Apr 15
Journal: Am J Epidemiol 167(8):889-99
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Asian Americans;   Epidemiologic Methods;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Status Disparities;   Health Status Indicators;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Incidence;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Population Surveillance;   Poverty;   Risk Factors;   SEER Program;   Social Class;   Social Justice;   Socioeconomic Factors;   United States
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Authors: Clauser SB, Arora NK, Bellizzi KM, Haffer SC, Topor M, Hays RD
Title: Disparities in HRQOL of cancer survivors and non-cancer managed care enrollees.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Summer
Journal: Health Care Financ Rev 29(4):23-40
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (SEER-MHOS)
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   classification;   Demography;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Male;   Managed Care Programs;   Medicare;   Mental Health;   Multivariate Analysis;   Neoplasms;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   psychology;   Quality of Life;   SEER Program;   Sickness Impact Profile;   Socioeconomic Factors;   standards;   statistics & numerical data;   Survivors;   United States
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Authors: Kagawa-Singer M, Pourat N, Breen N, Coughlin S, Abend McLean T, McNeel TS, Ponce NA
Title: Breast and cervical cancer screening rates of subgroups of Asian American women in California.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Dec
Journal: Med Care Res Rev 64(6):706-30
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Asia;   Breast Neoplasms;   California;   diagnosis;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   Interviews as Topic;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization
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Authors: Bowen DJ, Alfano CM, McGregor BA, Kuniyuki A, Bernstein L, Meeske K, Baumgartner KB, Fetherolf J, Reeve BB, Smith AW, Ganz PA, McTiernan A, Barbash RB
Title: Possible socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in quality of life in a cohort of breast cancer survivors.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Nov
Journal: Breast Cancer Res Treat 106(1):85-95
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Survivorship
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study (HEAL)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   Disability Evaluation;   Employment;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Status Disparities;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Mental Health;   Middle Aged;   physiopathology;   Population Surveillance;   Prospective Studies;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Questionnaires;   Recovery of Function;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Survivors;   therapy;   Time Factors;   Treatment Outcome;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL
Title: Unsung heroes: Mr. Frank Jackson and Dr. Richard Bragg.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Nov
Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved 18(4 Suppl):6-9
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: education;   Ethnic Groups;   Health Status Disparities;   Healthcare Disparities;   History, 21st Century;   Humans;   Minority Groups;   National Cancer Institute (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   prevention & control;   Research Personnel;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Fagan P, McDonald P
Title: Health disparities across the cancer continuum.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Nov
Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved 18(4 Suppl):1-5
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: epidemiology;   ethnology;   Health Status Disparities;   Humans;   Minority Groups;   Neoplasms;   Poverty;   United States
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Authors: Fernander AF, Shavers VL, Hammons GJ
Title: A biopsychosocial approach to examining tobacco-related health disparities among racially classified social groups.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Oct
Journal: Addiction 102 Suppl 2():43-57
Topic(s): Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Diet;   Health Disparities;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Health Disparities;   Physical Activity;   Prevention;   Research Methodology;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck;   Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Ethnic Groups;   genetics;   Health Status;   Humans;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Tobacco Use Disorder
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Authors: Shavers VL
Title: Measurement of socioeconomic status in health disparities research.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Sep
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 99(9):1013-23
Topic(s): Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Prevention;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Continental Population Groups;   Delivery of Health Care;   economics;   ethics;   Ethnic Groups;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Services Research;   Health Status Indicators;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Minority Groups;   Poverty;   Social Class;   Social Justice;   Socioeconomic Factors;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL
Title: Racial/ethnic variation in the anatomic subsite location of in situ and invasive cancers of the colon.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Jul
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 99(7):733-48
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Colon;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Humans;   Incidence;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   pathology;   Population Surveillance;   prevention & control;   Risk Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Wright GE, Barlow WE, Green P, Baldwin LM, Taplin SH
Title: Differences among the elderly in the treatment costs of colorectal cancer: how important is race?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 May
Journal: Med Care 45(5):420-30
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Cost of Illness;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Cost of Illness;   economics;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Female;   Health Care Costs;   Health Expenditures;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   Neoplasm Staging;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Makuc DM, Breen N, Meissner HI, Vernon SW, Cohen A
Title: Financial barriers to mammography: who pays out-of-pocket?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Apr
Journal: J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16(3):349-60
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Breast Neoplasms;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Financing, Personal;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Expenditures;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Services Needs and Demand;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Poverty;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Women's Health
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Authors: Fagan P, Shavers V, Lawrence D, Gibson JT, Ponder P
Title: Cigarette smoking and quitting behaviors among unemployed adults in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Feb
Journal: Nicotine Tob Res 9(2):241-8
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Prevention;   Surveillance;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Occupation;   Tobacco - Quit Attempts/Smoking Cessation
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck;   Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Behavior;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   Prevalence;   psychology;   Smoking;   Smoking Cessation;   statistics & numerical data;   Tobacco Use Disorder;   Unemployment;   United States;   Workplace
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Authors: Meissner HI, Breen N, Taubman ML, Vernon SW, Graubard BI
Title: Which women aren't getting mammograms and why? (United States).
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Feb
Journal: Cancer Causes Control 18(1):61-70
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Policy;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Breast Neoplasms;   Demography;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Physician-Patient Relations;   prevention & control;   psychology;   Questionnaires;   radiography;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Adams EK, Breen N, Joski PJ
Title: Impact of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program on mammography and Pap test utilization among white, Hispanic, and African American women: 1996-2000.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Jan 15
Journal: Cancer 109(2 Suppl):348-58
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Breast Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Early Diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Services;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Epstein RM, Street RLJr
Title: Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering
Type: Report
Date: 2007
Report: NIH Publication No. 07-6225
Topic(s): Decision-making;   Diet;   Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Health-related Quality of Life;   Information Seeking;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Outcomes Research Measures & Methods;   Palliative & End-of-life Care;   Patient-centered Communication;   Physical Activity;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Prevention;   Screening;   Surveillance;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none
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Authors: Ponce NA, Chawla N, Babey SH, Gatchell MS, Etzioni DA, Spencer BA, Brown ER, Breen N
Title: Is there a language divide in pap test use?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Nov
Journal: Med Care 44(11):998-1004
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Confidence Intervals;   Continental Population Groups;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Emigration and Immigration;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Status;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Interviews as Topic;   Language;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   prevention & control;   Regression Analysis;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Time Factors;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Cronin DP, Harlan LC, Potosky AL, Clegg LX, Stevens JL, Mooney MM
Title: Patterns of care for adjuvant therapy in a random population-based sample of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Oct
Journal: Am J Gastroenterol 101(10):2308-18
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Practice Guidelines as Topic;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapeutic use;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Fagan P, Alexander LA, Clayton R, Doucet J, Baezconde-Garbanati L
Title: Workplace and home smoking restrictions and racial/ethnic variation in the prevalence and intensity of current cigarette smoking among women by poverty status, TUS-CPS 1998-1999 and 2001-2002.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Sep
Journal: J Epidemiol Community Health 60 Suppl 2():34-43
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Policy;   Prevention;   Surveillance;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Health Disparities;   Tobacco - Occupation;   Tobacco - Second-hand Smoke Exposure;   Tobacco - Tobacco Control Policies;   Tobacco - Tobacco Control Programs;   Tobacco - Home Smoking Restrictions;   Tobacco - Workplace Smoking Restrictions
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck;   Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   organization & administration;   Prevalence;   prevention & control;   Public Policy;   Smoking;   Smoking Cessation;   United States;   Women;   Women, Working;   Workplace
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Authors: Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL, Lurie N, Abraham L, Barbash RB, Strzelczyk J, Dignan M, Barlow WE, Beasley CM, Kerlikowske K
Title: Does utilization of screening mammography explain racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Apr 18
Journal: Ann Intern Med 144(8):541-53
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Lymphatic Metastasis;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   pathology;   Prospective Studies;   Registries;   statistics & numerical data;   Time Factors;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Vadaparampil ST, Wideroff L, Breen N, Trapido E
Title: The impact of acculturation on awareness of genetic testing for increased cancer risk among Hispanics in the year 2000 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Apr
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15(4):618-23
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Acculturation;   Adult;   Awareness;   Female;   Florida;   Genetic Testing;   genetics;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   Medically Underserved Area;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Odds Ratio;   Questionnaires;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Shavers BS
Title: Racism and health inequity among Americans.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Mar
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 98(3):386-96
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Epidemiology Studies & Related Methods;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Americans;   Delivery of Health Care;   Health Status;   Humans;   Prejudice;   Social Environment;   Socioeconomic Factors;   United States
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Authors: Swan J, Breen N, Burhansstipanov L, Satter DE, Davis WW, McNeel T, Snipp CM
Title: Cancer screening and risk factor rates among American Indians.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Feb
Journal: Am J Public Health 96(2):340-50
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Prevention;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance;   Treatment;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): Cervical;   Colorectal;   Breast;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: California;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   Indians, North American;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Prevalence;   Risk Factors
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Authors: Viswanath K, Breen N, Meissner H, Moser RP, Hesse B, Steele WR, Rakowski W
Title: Cancer knowledge and disparities in the information age.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006
Journal: J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1():1-17
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Prevention
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Information Dissemination;   Male;   Medical Informatics;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Risk-Taking;   Smoking;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Sunburn;   United States
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Authors: Harlan LC, Greene AL, Clegg LX, Mooney M, Stevens JL, Brown ML
Title: Insurance status and the use of guideline therapy in the treatment of selected cancers.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Dec 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 23(36):9079-88
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal;   Corpus Uteri;   Lung;   Ovary;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   economics;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Male;   Medicaid;   Medically Uninsured;   Medicare;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Baldwin LM, Dobie SA, Billingsley K, Cai Y, Wright GE, Dominitz JA, Barlow W, Warren JL, Taplin SH
Title: Explaining black-white differences in receipt of recommended colon cancer treatment.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Aug 17
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 97(16):1211-20
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;   Cohort Studies;   Colonic Neoplasms;   Comorbidity;   drug therapy;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Length of Stay;   Male;   Medicare;   Odds Ratio;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Retrospective Studies;   Risk Factors;   SEER Program;   Severity of Illness Index;   Social Support;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Shavers VL, Fagan P, Lawrence D, McCaskill-Stevens W, McDonald P, Browne D, McLinden D, Christian M, Trimble E
Title: Barriers to racial/ethnic minority application and competition for NIH research funding.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Aug
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 97(8):1063-77
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Data Collection;   Ethnic Groups;   Humans;   methods;   Minority Groups;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Prejudice;   Research Support as Topic;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Lawrence D, Fagan P, Gibson JT
Title: Racial/ethnic variation in cigarette smoking among the civilian US population by occupation and industry, TUS-CPS 1998-1999.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Aug
Journal: Prev Med 41(2):597-606
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Health Disparities;   Tobacco - Occupation
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   Industry;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Occupational Health;   Occupations;   Organizational Policy;   Prevalence;   Smoking;   Socioeconomic Factors;   United States;   Workplace
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Authors: Barry J, Breen N
Title: The importance of place of residence in predicting late-stage diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Mar
Journal: Health Place 11(1):15-29
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program;   National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Distribution;   Breast Neoplasms;   classification;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Medically Underserved Area;   Middle Aged;   Poverty;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Urban Population;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Authors: Trimble EL, Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Stevens JL
Title: Pre-operative imaging, surgery and adjuvant therapy for women diagnosed with cancer of the corpus uteri in community practice in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Mar
Journal: Gynecol Oncol 96(3):741-8
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Corpus Uteri
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma;   Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;   diagnosis;   Endometrial Neoplasms;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Preoperative Care;   Radiotherapy, Adjuvant;   SEER Program;   surgery;   therapy
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Authors: Trimble EL, Harlan LC, Clegg LX
Title: Untreated cervical cancer in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Feb
Journal: Gynecol Oncol 96(2):271-7
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   Female;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   therapy;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Authors: Rodgers Anne, Subcommittee on Populations National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Title: Eliminating health disparities: strengthening data on race, ethnicity, and primary language in the United States
Type: Book, Whole
Date: 2005 Jan
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Policy
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none

Authors: Breen N, Meissner HI
Title: Toward a system of cancer screening in the United States: trends and opportunities.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005
Journal: Annu Rev Public Health 26():561-82
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Policy;   Prevention;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Cost of Illness;   Cost-Benefit Analysis;   diagnosis;   economics;   Efficiency, Organizational;   epidemiology;   Forecasting;   Health Planning;   Health Services Accessibility;   Health Services Misuse;   Humans;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Neoplasms;   organization & administration;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Patient Selection;   Population Surveillance;   prevention & control;   psychology;   Public Health;   Referral and Consultation;   statistics & numerical data;   Total Quality Management;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Yabroff KR, Lawrence WF, King JC, Mangan P, Washington KS, Yi B, Kerner JF, Mandelblatt JS
Title: Geographic disparities in cervical cancer mortality: what are the roles of risk factor prevalence, screening, and use of recommended treatment?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Spring
Journal: J Rural Health 21(2):149-57
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   mortality;   Papillomavirus Infections;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Risk Assessment;   Risk Factors;   Rural Health;   Rural Health Services;   statistics & numerical data;   supply & distribution;   therapy;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears;   virology
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Authors: Zeliadt SB, Potosky AL, Etzioni R, Ramsey SD, Penson DF
Title: Racial disparity in primary and adjuvant treatment for nonmetastatic prostate cancer: SEER-Medicare trends 1991 to 1999.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Dec
Journal: Urology 64(6):1171-6
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Rao RS, Graubard BI, Breen N, Gastwirth JL
Title: Understanding the factors underlying disparities in cancer screening rates using the Peters-Belson approach: results from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Aug
Journal: Med Care 42(8):789-800
Topic(s): Methods for Assessing Risk Factors;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Breast Neoplasms;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Diagnostic Tests, Routine;   Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Services Accessibility;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Poverty;   Prejudice;   Probability;   psychology;   Regression Analysis;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Mandelblatt JS, Schechter CB, Yabroff KR, Lawrence W, Dignam J, Muennig P, Chavez Y, Cullen J, Fahs M
Title: Benefits and costs of interventions to improve breast cancer outcomes in African American women.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Jul 01
Journal: J Clin Oncol 22(13):2554-66
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Health Disparities;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC)
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   Cost-Benefit Analysis;   diagnosis;   economics;   Female;   Humans;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Models, Theoretical;   Survival Analysis;   therapy
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Authors: O'Malley AS, Beaton E, Yabroff KR, Abramson R, Mandelblatt J
Title: Patient and provider barriers to colorectal cancer screening in the primary care safety-net.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Jul
Journal: Prev Med 39(1):56-63
Topic(s): Screening;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Attitude to Health;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   District of Columbia;   Female;   Focus Groups;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medically Uninsured;   Middle Aged;   Poverty;   prevention & control;   Primary Health Care;   psychology;   Urban Population
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Authors: Ross LE, Coates RJ, Breen N, Uhler RJ, Potosky AL, Blackman D
Title: Prostate-specific antigen test use reported in the 2000 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Jun
Journal: Prev Med 38(6):732-44
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   diagnosis;   Health Behavior;   Health Status;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Social Class;   United States
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Authors: Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
Title: Evaluating Screening Performance in Practice
Type: Report
Date: 2004 Apr
Report:
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Quality of Care;   Cancer Risk Assessment & Prediction;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC)
Keywords: none
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown M, Klabunde CN, Potosky AL, Davis W, Moul J, Fahey A
Title: Race/ethnicity and the intensity of medical monitoring under 'watchful waiting' for prostate cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Mar
Journal: Med Care 42(3):239-50
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Aftercare;   Aged;   Analysis of Variance;   blood;   Chi-Square Distribution;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Follow-Up Studies;   Health Services Research;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Life Expectancy;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   Multivariate Analysis;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Registries;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time Factors;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown ML, Potosky AL, Klabunde CN, Davis WW, Moul JW, Fahey A
Title: Race/ethnicity and the receipt of watchful waiting for the initial management of prostate cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Feb
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 19(2):146-55
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Life Expectancy;   Male;   Odds Ratio;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time Factors;   United States
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Authors: Ellison GL, Warren JL, Knopf KB, Brown ML
Title: Racial differences in the receipt of bowel surveillance following potentially curative colorectal cancer surgery.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Dec
Journal: Health Serv Res 38(6 Pt 2):1885-903
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aftercare;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   Middle Aged;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   standards;   surgery;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Hoffman RM, Harlan LC, Klabunde CN, Gilliland FD, Stephenson RA, Hunt WC, Potosky AL
Title: Racial differences in initial treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Results from the prostate cancer outcomes study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Oct
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 18(10):845-53
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Data Collection;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Prospective Studies;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Questionnaires;   Radiotherapy;   Random Allocation;   Registries;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Kerner JF, Yedidia M, Padgett D, Muth B, Washington KS, Tefft M, Yabroff KR, Makariou E, Freeman H, Mandelblatt JS
Title: Realizing the promise of breast cancer screening: clinical follow-up after abnormal screening among Black women.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Aug
Journal: Prev Med 37(2):92-101
Topic(s): Screening;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Breast Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Female;   Follow-Up Studies;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   New York City;   Risk Factors;   Socioeconomic Factors
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Authors: Snyder C, Harlan L, Knopf K, Potosky A, Kaplan R
Title: Patterns of care for the treatment of bladder cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 May
Journal: J Urol 169(5):1697-701
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Urinary Bladder
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Female;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Middle Aged;   pathology;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States;   Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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Authors: Swan J, Breen N, Coates RJ, Rimer BK, Lee NC
Title: Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: results from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Mar 15
Journal: Cancer 97(6):1528-40
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Cervical;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   analysis;   Breast Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   Emigration and Immigration;   Female;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Policy;   Humans;   Interviews as Topic;   Male;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Public Health;   Quality Assurance, Health Care;   Social Class;   standards;   statistics & numerical data;   trends;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Shavers VL, Harlan LC, Winn D, Davis WW
Title: Racial/ethnic patterns of care for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, sinuses, and salivary glands.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Mar
Journal: Cancer Metastasis Rev 22(1):25-38
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Delivery of Health Care;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Head and Neck Neoplasms;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Incidence;   Laryngeal Neoplasms;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Mouth Neoplasms;   Neoplasm Staging;   Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms;   pathology;   Pharyngeal Neoplasms;   Prognosis;   Salivary Gland Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Harlan LC, Stevens JL
Title: Racial/ethnic variation in clinical presentation, treatment, and survival among breast cancer patients under age 35.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Jan 01
Journal: Cancer 97(1):134-47
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Breast Neoplasms;   Demography;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Incidence;   Mastectomy, Segmental;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Prognosis;   SEER Program;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Fahs M, Muennig P, Kontos NJ, Yabroff KR, Lawrence W
Title: The economic cost of community-based interventions to improve breast cancer control among African-American women
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2003
Book Editors:
Book Title: The status of women: facing the facts, forging the future
ISBN: 9781878428646External Web Site Policy
Topic(s): Screening;   Health Disparities;   Economics of Cancer
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none

Authors: Hiatt RA, Klabunde C, Breen N, Swan J, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Cancer screening practices from National Health Interview Surveys: past, present, and future.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Dec 18
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 94(24):1837-46
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Cervical;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: Attitude to Health;   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System;   Breast Neoplasms;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   complications;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Genetic Testing;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Health Status;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medicare;   methods;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   prevention & control;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   Sunburn;   trends;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Authors: Shavers VL, Shankar S, Alberg AJ
Title: Perceived access to health care and its influence on the prevalence of behavioral risks among urban African Americans.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Nov
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 94(11):952-62
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Prevention
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Alcohol Drinking;   Body Mass Index;   Chi-Square Distribution;   Chronic Disease;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Interviews as Topic;   Male;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Physical Examination;   psychology;   Regression Analysis;   Risk-Taking;   Smoking;   statistics & numerical data
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Authors: Bach PB, Guadagnoli E, Schrag D, Schussler N, Warren JL
Title: Patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the SEER-Medicare database applications and limitations.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Aug
Journal: Med Care 40(8 Suppl):IV-25
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Continental Population Groups;   Demography;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Income;   Male;   Medical Record Linkage;   Medicare;   Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Survival Analysis;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Shankar S
Title: Trend in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban African American hospital employees and public housing residents.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Jul
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 94(7):566-76
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Body Mass Index;   Body Weight;   District of Columbia;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Nutrition Surveys;   Obesity;   Personnel, Hospital;   Prevalence;   Public Housing;   Social Class;   Urban Population
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Authors: Shavers VL, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF
Title: Racial differences in factors that influence the willingness to participate in medical research studies.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 May
Journal: Ann Epidemiol 12(4):248-56
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   Cultural Characteristics;   Ethics, Medical;   Female;   Health Behavior;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Patient Participation;   psychology;   Risk Factors
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Authors: Sateren WB, Trimble EL, Abrams J, Brawley O, Breen N, Ford L, McCabe M, Kaplan R, Smith M, Ungerleider R, Christian MC
Title: How sociodemographics, presence of oncology specialists, and hospital cancer programs affect accrual to cancer treatment trials.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Apr 15
Journal: J Clin Oncol 20(8):2109-17
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Age Distribution;   Aged;   Cancer Care Facilities;   Child;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   Ethnic Groups;   Female;   Humans;   Insurance, Health;   Male;   Medical Oncology;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Patient Participation;   Patient Selection;   Sex Distribution;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown ML
Title: Racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Mar 06
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 94(5):334-57
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Americans;   Asian Americans;   Breast Neoplasms;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Combined Modality Therapy;   Disease-Free Survival;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   Neoplasms;   Oropharyngeal Neoplasms;   pathology;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Recurrence;   Research Design;   Respiratory Tract Neoplasms;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Authors: Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Kaplan RS, Johnson KA, Lynch CF
Title: Age, sex, and racial differences in the use of standard adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Mar 01
Journal: J Clin Oncol 20(5):1192-202
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Radiotherapy, Adjuvant;   therapy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Legler J, Meissner HI, Coyne C, Breen N, Chollette V, Rimer BK
Title: The effectiveness of interventions to promote mammography among women with historically lower rates of screening.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Jan
Journal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11(1):59-71
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   Case-Control Studies;   Confidence Intervals;   Educational Status;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Promotion;   Humans;   Incidence;   Intervention Studies;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Minority Groups;   Poverty;   prevention & control;   Regression Analysis;   Rural Population;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   World Health
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Authors: Breen N
Title: Social discrimination and health: gender, race, and class in the United States
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2002
Book Editors: Sen Gita, George Asha, Ostlin Piroska
Book Title: Engendering international health: the challenge of equity
ISBN: 0262692732External Web Site Policy
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All)
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: none

Authors: Harlan LC, Potosky A, Gilliland FD, Hoffman R, Albertsen PC, Hamilton AS, Eley JW, Stanford JL, Stephenson RA
Title: Factors associated with initial therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: prostate cancer outcomes study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Dec 19
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 93(24):1864-71
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   blood;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   drug therapy;   Hormones;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   radiotherapy;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   Treatment Outcome
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Authors: Alavanja MC, Field RW, Sinha R, Brus CP, Shavers VL, Fisher EL, Curtain J, Lynch CF
Title: Lung cancer risk and red meat consumption among Iowa women.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Oct
Journal: Lung Cancer 34(1):37-46
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Prevention
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma;   Adult;   adverse effects;   Aged;   Body Mass Index;   Case-Control Studies;   Diet;   Dietary Fats;   Educational Status;   epidemiology;   etiology;   Female;   Humans;   Iowa;   Lung Neoplasms;   Meat;   Middle Aged;   Odds Ratio;   Risk Factors;   Smoking;   Vegetables
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Authors: Hamilton AS, Stanford JL, Gilliland FD, Albertsen PC, Stephenson RA, Hoffman RM, Eley JW, Harlan LC, Potosky AL
Title: Health outcomes after external-beam radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 May 01
Journal: J Clin Oncol 19(9):2517-26
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: adverse effects;   Aged;   etiology;   Humans;   Intestines;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   radiation effects;   radiotherapy;   Radiotherapy;   Sexual Behavior;   Treatment Outcome;   Urinary Incontinence
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Authors: Hoffman RM, Gilliland FD, Eley JW, Harlan LC, Stephenson RA, Stanford JL, Albertson PC, Hamilton AS, Hunt WC, Potosky AL
Title: Racial and ethnic differences in advanced-stage prostate cancer: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Mar 07
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 93(5):388-95
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Analysis of Variance;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Odds Ratio;   pathology;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Questionnaires;   Risk Factors;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF
Title: Factors that influence African-Americans' willingness to participate in medical research studies.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Jan 01
Journal: Cancer 91(1 Suppl):233-6
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   Cultural Characteristics;   Ethics, Medical;   Female;   Health Behavior;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Patient Participation;   psychology;   Risk Factors;   Truth Disclosure
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Authors: Kumanyika SK, Krebs-Smith SM
Title: Preventive nutrition issues in ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the United States
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2001
Book Editors: Bendich Adrianne, Deckelbaum Richard J
Book Title: Primary and secondary preventive nutrition
ISBN: 0896037584External Web Site Policy
Topic(s): Diet;   Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: none

Authors: Shavers VL, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF
Title: Knowledge of the Tuskegee study and its impact on the willingness to participate in medical research studies.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Dec
Journal: J Natl Med Assoc 92(12):563-72
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   African Americans;   Attitude to Health;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   Cultural Characteristics;   Ethics, Medical;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Focus Groups;   Humans;   Informed Consent;   Male;   Michigan;   Middle Aged;   Physician-Patient Relations;   psychology;   Questionnaires;   Research;   Retrospective Studies
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Authors: Lane DS, Zapka J, Breen N, Messina CR, Fotheringham DJ
Title: A systems model of clinical preventive care: the case of breast cancer screening among older women. For the NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Nov
Journal: Prev Med 31(5):481-93
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Disparities;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Breast Neoplasms;   Family Practice;   Female;   Humans;   Internal Medicine;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   Patient Compliance;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   radiography;   Socioeconomic Factors;   utilization
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Authors: Leischow SJ, Ranger-Moore J, Lawrence D
Title: Addressing social and cultural disparities in tobacco use.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Nov-Dec
Journal: Addict Behav 25(6):821-31
Topic(s): Guidance & Policy Research;   Health Disparities;   Tobacco
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Cross-Cultural Comparison;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Cultural Diversity;   Educational Status;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   prevention & control;   Risk Factors;   Smoking;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Earle CC, Venditti LN, Neumann PJ, Gelber RD, Weinstein MC, Potosky AL, Weeks JC
Title: Who gets chemotherapy for metastatic lung cancer?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 May
Journal: Chest 117(5):1239-46
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities;   Palliative & End-of-life Care
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung;   Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;   Cohort Studies;   drug therapy;   Female;   Humans;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medicare;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patient Selection;   Prejudice;   Retrospective Studies;   Survival Rate;   United States
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Authors: Sweeney CT, Shopland DR, Hartman AM, Gibson JT, Anderson CM, Gower KB, Burns DM
Title: Sex differences in workplace smoking policies: results from the current population survey.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Fall
Journal: J Am Med Womens Assoc 55(5):311-5
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Health Disparities;   Tobacco - Workplace Smoking Restrictions
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Data Collection;   Female;   Humans;   legislation & jurisprudence;   Male;   Middle Aged;   prevention & control;   Public Policy;   Sex Factors;   Smoking;   Tobacco Smoke Pollution;   Workplace
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Authors: Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Stanford JL, Gilliland FD, Hamilton AS, Albertsen PC, Eley JW, Liff JM, Deapen D, Stephenson RA, Legler J, Ferrans CE, Talcott JA, Litwin MS
Title: Prostate cancer practice patterns and quality of life: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Oct 20
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 91(20):1719-24
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Confounding Factors (Epidemiology);   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Questionnaires;   Research Design;   SEER Program;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Bach PB, Cramer LD, Warren JL, Begg CB
Title: Racial differences in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Oct 14
Journal: N Engl J Med 341(16):1198-205
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung;   Comorbidity;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Lung;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medicare;   mortality;   Patient Selection;   Pneumonectomy;   SEER Program;   Social Class;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Survival Rate;   United States
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Authors: Makuc DM, Breen N, Freid V
Title: Low income, race, and the use of mammography.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Apr
Journal: Health Serv Res 34(1 Pt 2):229-39
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: African Americans;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Humans;   Income;   Insurance Coverage;   Logistic Models;   Mammography;   Middle Aged;   National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);   Odds Ratio;   Patient Acceptance of Health Care;   Poverty;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Breen N, Wesley MN, Merrill RM, Johnson K
Title: The relationship of socio-economic status and access to minimum expected therapy among female breast cancer patients in the National Cancer Institute Black-White Cancer Survival Study.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Winter
Journal: Ethn Dis 9(1):111-25
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   economics;   Educational Status;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Georgia;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Income;   Louisiana;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasm Staging;   Odds Ratio;   pathology;   Questionnaires;   San Francisco;   Social Class;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Klabunde CN, Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Kramer BS
Title: Trends and black/white differences in treatment for nonmetastatic prostate cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Sep
Journal: Med Care 36(9):1337-48
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   Combined Modality Therapy;   Cross-Cultural Comparison;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Humans;   Male;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Prognosis;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Radiotherapy;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   trends;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Troiano RP, Flegal KM
Title: Overweight children and adolescents: description, epidemiology, and demographics.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Mar
Journal: Pediatrics 101(3 Pt 2):497-504
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Anthropometry;   Body Mass Index;   Body Weight;   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);   Child;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Nutrition Surveys;   Obesity;   Prevalence;   Sex Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States
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Authors: Hoffman-Goetz L, Breen NL, Meissner H
Title: The impact of social class on the use of cancer screening within three racial/ethnic groups in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Winter
Journal: Ethn Dis 8(1):43-51
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Cervical;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Cancer Control Supplement (CCS)
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Breast Neoplasms;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Confidence Intervals;   Educational Status;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   Middle Aged;   Population Surveillance;   prevention & control;   Sigmoidoscopy;   Social Class;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   United States;   Uterine Neoplasms;   utilization;   Vaginal Smears
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Authors: Kerner JF, Breen N, Tefft MC, Silsby J
Title: Tobacco use among multi-ethnic Latino populations.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998
Journal: Ethn Dis 8(2):167-83
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Tobacco;   Tobacco - Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Colombia;   Cultural Diversity;   Dominican Republic;   Ecuador;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Language;   Male;   Middle Aged;   New York City;   Puerto Rico;   Smoking;   Smoking Cessation;   Telephone
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Authors: Deleyiannis FW, Weymuller EA Jr, Garcia I, Potosky AL
Title: Geographic variation in the utilization of esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy in head and neck cancer.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Nov
Journal: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 123(11):1203-10
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck;   Other
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Bronchoscopy;   Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;   Cohort Studies;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Esophageal Neoplasms;   Esophagoscopy;   Female;   Head and Neck Neoplasms;   Humans;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Neoplasms, Multiple Primary;   Proportional Hazards Models;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data
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Authors: Muñoz KA, Harlan LC, Trimble EL
Title: Patterns of care for women with ovarian cancer in the United States.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Nov
Journal: J Clin Oncol 15(11):3408-15
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Aged, 80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Carboplatin;   Carcinoma;   Cisplatin;   Combined Modality Therapy;   drug therapy;   Female;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   pathology;   SEER Program;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   United States
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Authors: Shavers-Hornaday VL, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF, Torner JC
Title: Why are African Americans under-represented in medical research studies? Impediments to participation.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Mar-Jun
Journal: Ethn Health 2(1-2):31-45
Topic(s): Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): none
Keywords: African Americans;   Attitude of Health Personnel;   Attitude to Health;   Ethics, Medical;   ethnology;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;   Humans;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Patient Selection;   Prejudice;   psychology;   Research;   Research Personnel;   Research Subjects;   Research Support as Topic;   Trust;   United States
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Authors: Shariff-Marco S, Gee GC, Breen N, Willis G, Reeve BB, Grant D, Ponce NA, Krieger N, Landrine H, Williams DR, Alegria M, Mays VM, Johnson TP, Brown ER
Title: A mixed-methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys.
Type: Journal Article
Date:
Journal: Ethn Dis 19(4):447-53
Topic(s): Cognitive Methods in Survey Research;   Health Disparities;   Research Methodology;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): All sites or no specific site
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Items
Keywords: Cross-Cultural Comparison;   Data Collection;   Ethnic Groups;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   methods;   Prejudice;   Psychometrics
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