Survival Disparities in Rural Versus Urban Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group

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Compares overall survival of 1176 rural and urban patients who underwent pancreatic neoendocrine tumor (PNET) resection between 2000 and 2016, utilizing U.S. Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group data. Includes data on tumor pathology and patient management factors. Discusses barriers to care after PNET diagnosis for rural populations.

Muhammad Bilal Mirza, Jordan J. Baechle, Paula Marincola Smith, et al.

The American Journal of Surgery, 233, 125-131

03/2024

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