James, Aimee; Daley, Christine M.; Greiner, K.A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 11, pp. 1669-1673
Many underserved groups in the United States experience disparities in cancer survival. Part of the disparity may be due to differences in treatment or treatment uptake. Previous studies uncovered patient beliefs that surgery could cause cancer to spread and have suggested that this belief may...