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Disparity in cancer survival between urban and rural patients - how can clinicians help reduce it?
Rural and Remote Health, 07/22/09

Sabesan S et al. – Many reasons for the disparity in survival of 5–7% between rural and urban cancer patients relate to government policies and funding issues. However rural healthcare workers, particularly medical practitioners, can make an impact on reducing this disparity with attention to factors such as reducing referral processing time, using telemedicine, and ensuring ongoing education of rural patients regarding risk factors and screening programs, among other strategies.

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Sabe Sabesan, 07/29/09

While the disparity in survival between rural and urban cancer patients is well documented, there are very few studies examining the possible reasons for this in the literature. This is most likely to be due to lack of health service researchers in the rural aspect of oncology. In this article, we have outlined the possible causes from the literaure and our own experience so that clincians can improve thier approach and researchers can start looking at individual factors in order to close the gap.

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