Rural-Urban Differences in Breast Cancer Surgical Delays in Medicare Beneficiaries

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Examines patients with early-stage breast cancer to evaluate biopsy-to-surgery delays by rurality of patient and surgery location. Analyzes 238,491 patients who underwent breast cancer surgery with demographic breakdowns by age, hospital type/location, race/ethnicity, area deprivation index, and patient and surgery location such as isolated small rural town, small rural town, large rural city/town, and urban.

Ronnie J. Zipkin, Andrew Schaefer, Changzhen Wang, et al.

Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29(9), 5759-5769

05/2022

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Cancer · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery · Women