Rural factors and survival from cancer: analysis of Scottish cancer registrations
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- 5 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 82 (11), 1863-1866
- https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.1999.1079
Abstract
In this survival study 63 976 patients diagnosed with one of six common cancers in Scotland were followed up. Increasing distance from a cancer centre was associated with less chance of diagnosis before death for stomach, breast and colorectal cancers and poorer survival after diagnosis for prostate and lung cancers. © 2000 Cancer Research CampaignKeywords
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