ArticleBritish journal of cancer2002
Impact of deprivation and rural residence on treatment of colorectal and lung cancer.
Article in British journal of cancer, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03836794 (Does Geography and Place of Residence Affect Cancer Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Does Geography and Place of Residence Affect Cancer Care: An Interview Study
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2013Pooled it
- Patterns of colorectal cancer care in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2013Pooled it
- Psychosocial difficulties, deprivation and cancer: three questionnaire studies involving 609 cancer patients.British journal of cancer · 2005Trial
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- Inequalities in treatment among patients with colon and rectal cancer: a multistate survival model using data from England national cancer registry 2012-2016.British journal of cancer · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic status on survival outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer: a cross-sectional study.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
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- The impact of patient travel time on disparities in treatment for early stage lung cancer in California.PloS one · 2022Article
- Transportation as a barrier to colorectal cancer care.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Reconceptualising Rural Cancer Inequalities: Time for a New Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
For common cancers, survival is poorer for deprived and outlying, rural patients. This study investigated whether there were differences in treatment of colorectal and lung cancer in these groups. Case notes of 1314 patients in north and northeast Scotland who were diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancer in 1995 or 1996 were reviewed. On univariate analysis, the proportions of patients receiving surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy appeared similar in all socio-economic and rural categories. Adjusting for disease stage, age and other factors, there was less chemotherapy among deprived patients with lung cancer (odds ratio 0.39; 95% confidence intervals 0.16 to 0.96) and less radiotherapy among outlying patients with colorectal cancer (0.39; 0.19 to 0.82). The time between first referral and treatment also appeared similar in all socio-economic and rural groups. Adjusting for disease stage and other variables, times to lung cancer treatment remained similar, but colorectal cancer treatment was quicker for outlying patients (adjusted hazard ratio 1.30; 95% confidence intervals 1.03 to 1.64). These findings suggest that socio-economic status and rurality may have a minor impact on modalities of treatment for colorectal and lung cancer, but do not lead to delays between referral and treatment.
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