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

• Main Authors: Caryn E. Peterson (Author), Garth H. Rauscher (Author), Timothy P. Johnson (Author), Carolyn V. Kirschner (Author), Sally eFreels (Author), Richard E. Barrett (Author), Seijeoung eKim (Author), Marian L. Fitzgibbon (Author), Charlotte E. Joslin (Author), Faith G Davis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper examines the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on racial disparities in ovarian cancer-specific survival. Despite treatment advances for ovarian cancer, survival remains shorter for African-American compared to White women. Neighborhood disadvantage is implicated in racial disparities a...