Rural residence and cancer outcomes in the united states: Issues and challenges

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1657-1667

  Meilleur, Ashley ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Plascak, Jesse J ^d,e   Fisher, James L ^d   Paskett, Electra D ^d,e,f   Lamont, Elizabeth B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Biostatistics   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ANUS CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLPOSCOPY; CONSENSUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886432533     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0404     Document Type: Review

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