Geographic impact on access to care and survival for non-curative esophagogastric cancer: a population-based study

• Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 790 - 799
• Main Authors: Yee, Elliott K., Coburn, Natalie G., Zuk, Victoria, Davis, Laura E., Mahar, Alyson L., Liu, Ying, Gupta, Vaibhav, Darling, Gail, Hallet, Julie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.07.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Cancer; Cancer Research; Chemotherapy; Esophageal Neoplasms - mortality; Esophageal Neoplasms - therapy; Facilities and Services Utilization - statistics & numerical data; Female; Gastric cancer; Gastroenterology; Geographic information systems; Geographical distribution; Geography; Health care access; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Medical Oncology - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Oncology; Ontario; Original Article; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Population studies; Population-based studies; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic factors; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Stomach Neoplasms - therapy; Surgical Oncology; Survival; Survival Rate; Ontario; Geography; Stomach; Outcomes; Esophagus; Cancer

Background Among patients not undergoing curative-intent therapy for esophagogastric cancer, access to care may vary. We examined the geographic distribution of care delivery and survival and their relationship with distance to cancer centres for non-curative esophagogastric cancer, hypothesising th...