Prostate cancer in Scotland: Does geography matter? An analysis of incidence, disease characteristics and survival between urban and rural areas

Journal of Clinical Urology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 176-184

  Laing, Karina A ^a   Bramwell, Stephen P ^a   McNeill, Alan ^b   Corr, Brian D ^a   Lam, Thomas B L ^c  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease characteristics; Prostate cancer; rural; Scotland; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GEOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84899691637     PISSN: 20514158     EISSN: 20514166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2051415813512303     Document Type: Article

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