Rural and Urban Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell and Follicular Lymphoma Experience Reduced Overall Survival: A National Cancer Database Study

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Investigates overall survival (OS) in cancer patients related to geography-based factors. Discusses intersecting lower OS factors including higher rates of poverty, comorbid disease, treatment delay, lack of insurance, and decreased access to specialty care. Patients were classified into rural, urban, and metropolitan segments utilizing Rural – Urban Continuum Codes.

Andrew J. Ritter, Jordan S. Goldstein, Amy A. Ayers, Christopher R. Flowers

Leukemia & Lymphoma, 60(7), 1656-1667

07/2019

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Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data