Rural-Urban differences in cancer incidence and trends in the United States

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1265-1274

  Zahnd, Whitney E ^a   James, Aimee S ^b   Jenkins, Wiley D ^a   Izadi, Sonya R ^b   Fogleman, Amanda J ^a   Steward, David E ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Brard, Laurent ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PENIS CARCINOMA; PHARYNX CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TOBACCO USE; TRACHEA CANCER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CARCINOMA; YOUNG ADULT; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85052785843     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0430     Document Type: Article

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