Rural factors and survival from cancer: analysis of Scottish cancer registrations.
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.
Campbell
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NC
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberden, UK.
Elliott
A M
AM
Sharp
L
L
Ritchie
L D
LD
Cassidy
J
J
Little
J
J
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