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8006496

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Data from the Louisiana Tumor Registry, Louisiana Vital Statistics Division, and the SEER program of the National Cancer Institute were explored to evaluate reasons for elevated cancer death rates in the absence of elevated cancer incidence in Louisiana. The results indicate that cancer patients in South Louisiana are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage disease than SEER patients. The Louisiana-SEER differences are greater for blacks than whites, and black patients are more likely to have advanced stage cancer than whites in Louisiana as well as in the SEER program. Of particular interest and concern is the finding that the increased risk of advanced stage disease in Louisiana is significant for cancers which can be detected early and, if so, effectively treated: colon, breast, and cervix. The findings reinforce the need for cancer control programs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0024-6921
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Advanced stage at diagnosis: an explanation for higher than expected cancer death rates in Louisiana?
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't