title: Rural factors and survival from cancer: analysis of Scottish cancer registrations.
abstract: In this survival study 63,976 patients diagnosed with one of six common cancers in Scotland were followed up. Increasing distance from a cancer centre was associated with less chance of diagnosis before death for stomach, breast and colorectal cancers and poorer survival after diagnosis for prostate and lung cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberden, UK.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cassidy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries; D012424:Rural Population; D012606:Scotland; D016019:Survival Analysis