کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1049008 945522 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Travel time to radiotherapy and uptake of breast-conserving surgery for early stage cancer in Northern England
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Travel time to radiotherapy and uptake of breast-conserving surgery for early stage cancer in Northern England
چکیده انگلیسی

Patients with early stage breast cancer can opt for either mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but BCS requires daily radiotherapy for some weeks. The hypothesis that ease of access to radiotherapy might affect choice of surgery was investigated using records of 6014 breast cancer patients in Northern England. Adjusting for the effects of age, deprivation and hospital type, the choice of BCS was not associated with the estimated car journey time to radiotherapy for most women but there was an association for patients living in places without a regular bus service, so transport problems might influence surgery choice for a minority of women.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Health & Place - Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2008, Pages 424–433
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