Are differences in travel time or distance to healthcare for adults in global north countries associated with an impact on health outcomes? A systematic review

C Kelly, C Hulme, T Farragher, G Clarke - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate whether there is an association between differences in travel
time/travel distance to healthcare services and patients' health outcomes and assimilate the …

Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis

LF Forrest, J Adams, H Wareham, G Rubin… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Intervention-generated inequalities are unintended variations in outcome that
result from the organisation and delivery of health interventions. Socioeconomic inequalities …

Use of radical cystectomy for patients with invasive bladder cancer

JL Gore, MS Litwin, J Lai, EM Yano… - Journal of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Evidence-based guidelines recommend radical cystectomy for patients with
muscle-invasive bladder cancer. However, many patients receive alternate therapies, such …

Geographical variations in prostate cancer outcomes: a systematic review of international evidence

P Dasgupta, PD Baade, JF Aitken, N Ralph… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Previous reviews of geographical disparities in the prostate cancer continuum
from diagnosis to mortality have identified a consistent pattern of poorer outcomes with …

[HTML][HTML] Rural dwellers are less likely to survive cancer–an international review and meta-analysis

R Carriere, R Adam, S Fielding, R Barlas, Y Ong… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Existing research from several countries has suggested that rural-dwellers may
have poorer cancer survival than urban-dwellers. However, to date, the global literature has …

Copper pyrazole complexes as potential anticancer agents: evaluation of cytotoxic response against cancer cells and their mechanistic action at the molecular level

M Ghorbanpour, A Shayanfar, B Soltani - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
This review-based study presents the anticancer potential of pyrazole-based copper
complexes, aiming to evaluate their mechanistic action at the molecular level and find …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic accessibility to cancer treatment in Brazil: A network analysis

B de Paula Fonseca, PC Albuquerque… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Geographic accessibility to healthcare services is a fundamental component in
achieving universal health coverage, the central commitment of the Brazilian Unified Health …

Does distance matter? Distance to mammography facilities and stage at diagnosis of breast cancer in Kentucky

B Huang, M Dignan, D Han… - The Journal of Rural …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background: National and regional data indicate that breast cancer early detection is low in
Kentucky, especially rural regions, perhaps because access to mammography services can …

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

PD Baade, P Dasgupta, JF Aitken… - Medical Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To determine whether an association exists between distance from radiotherapy
facilities and survival outcomes of people diagnosed with rectal cancer. Design and setting …

Association between geographic access to cancer care and receipt of radiation therapy for rectal cancer

CC Lin, SS Bruinooge, MK Kirkwood… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Trimodality therapy (chemoradiation and surgery) is the standard of care for stage
II/III rectal cancer but nearly one third of patients do not receive radiation therapy (RT). We …