Geographic variation in the treatment of prostate cancer in Connecticut.
In Connecticut there was considerable variation by town of residence in the proportions of patients diagnosed in 1985-1988 receiving transurethral resection only, prostatectomy, and irradiation (without surgery) for local-stage prostate cancer and receiving endocrine surgery for late-stage prostate cancer. Age and socioeconomic variables were examined as predictors of this variation.
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Connecticut Department of Health Services, Hartford 06106.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors