Ninety‐day mortality after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Population‐based comparison between rural and urban patients

Autor:	Jonn Wu, Siske Bos, Sarah Hamilton, Robert Olson, Roel Schlijper, Eric Tran, Eric Berthelet
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Rural Population Multivariate analysis British Columbia Urban Population business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Head and neck cancer Confounding Univariate Population based medicine.disease Radiation therapy Rurality Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms medicine Humans Rural area business Demography
Zdroj:	Head & Neck. 43:3306-3313
ISSN:	1097-0347 1043-3074
Popis:	BACKGROUND This study assesses whether 90-day mortality differs between patients living in rural and urban areas, as lower access to supportive care services in rural areas could result in higher mortality. METHODS All patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) treated between 1998 and 2014 with radiotherapy in British Columbia were included. Patients were divided into rurality areas according to the Modified Statistics Canada (mSC) definition, which classifies a population
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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