Distance traveled for treatment of cervical cancer who travels the farthest, and does it impact outcome?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1099-1103

  Gunderson, Camille C ^a,b   Nugent, Elizabeth K ^a   McMeekin, D Scott ^a   Moore, Kathleen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cervical cancer; Distance traveled

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRAVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880256995     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e3182989464     Document Type: Article

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