Metrics for monitoring cancer inequities: residential segregation, the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE), and breast cancer estrogen receptor status (USA, 1992-2012).

Nancy KriegerNakul SinghPamela D Waterman

Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2016)

A focus on segregation offers news possibilities for understanding how inequitable group relations contribute to cancer inequities. The utility of employing the ICE for monitoring cancer inequities should be investigated in relation to other cancer outcomes.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
squamous cell
estrogen receptor
childhood cancer
metabolic syndrome
squamous cell carcinoma
high resolution
skeletal muscle
glycemic control