A cancer geography paradox? Poorer cancer outcomes with longer travelling times to healthcare facilities despite prompter diagnosis and treatment: a data-linkage study

BACKGROUND: Rurality and distance from cancer treatment centres have been shown to negatively impact cancer outcomes, but the mechanisms remain obscure. METHODS: We analysed the impact of travel time to key healthcare facilities and mainland/island residency on the cancer diagnostic pathway (treatme...

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Autores principales: Turner, Melanie, Fielding, Shona, Ong, Yuhan, Dibben, Chris, Feng, Zhiqianq, Brewster, David H, Black, Corri, Lee, Amanda, Murchie, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28641316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.180

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28641316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.180

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