Rural populations have equal surgical and survival outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 249-256

  Singla, Apresh ^a   Broadbridge, Vy ^b   Mittinty, Murthy ^a   Beeke, Carol ^c   Maddern, Guy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oncology; Remote health; Rural oncology; Rurality; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907955444     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12133     Document Type: Article

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