ArticleBMC cancer2011
Identification of area-level influences on regions of high cancer incidence in Queensland, Australia: a classification tree approach.
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- Geographical Variations in Prostate Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review of International Evidence.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Pooled it
- Understanding the effects of socioeconomic status along the breast cancer continuum in Australian women: a systematic review of evidence.International journal for equity in health · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of geographical differences in management and outcomes for colorectal cancer in Australia.BMC cancer · 2017Pooled it
- How equity in cancer services has been defined and measured, and why it matters: a scoping review of Universal Health Coverage systems.Global health action · 2026Article
- A scoping review on the use of machine learning in research on social determinants of health: Trends and research prospects.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Using Latent Class Modeling to Jointly Characterize Economic Stress and Multipollutant Exposure.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- Augmenting disease maps: a Bayesian meta-analysis approach.Royal Society open science · 2020Article
- Assessing and Explaining Geographic Variations in Mammography Screening Participation and Breast Cancer Incidence.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Article
- Socioeconomic Disadvantage, but Not Remote Location, Is Associated With Poorer Survival After Resection of Colon Cancer in Queensland Patients: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.ANZ journal of surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundStrategies for cancer reduction and management are targeted at both individual and area levels. Area-level strategies require careful understanding of geographic differences in cancer incidence, in particular the association with factors such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity and accessibility. This study aimed to identify the complex interplay of area-level factors associated with high area-specific incidence of Australian priority cancers using a classification and regression tree (CART) approach.
methodsArea-specific smoothed standardised incidence ratios were estimated for priority-area cancers across 478 statistical local areas in Queensland, Australia (1998-2007, n = 186,075). For those cancers with significant spatial variation, CART models were used to identify whether area-level accessibility, socioeconomic status and ethnicity were associated with high area-specific incidence.
resultsThe accessibility of a person's residence had the most consistent association with the risk of cancer diagnosis across the specific cancers. Many cancers were likely to have high incidence in more urban areas, although male lung cancer and cervical cancer tended to have high incidence in more remote areas. The impact of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on these associations differed by type of cancer.
conclusionsThese results highlight the complex interactions between accessibility, socioeconomic status and ethnicity in determining cancer incidence risk.
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