Impact of travel distance to the treatment facility on overall mortality in US patients with prostate cancer.
Malte W VetterleinBjörn LöppenbergPatrick KarabonDeepansh DalelaTarun JindalAkshay SoodFelix K-H ChunQuoc-Dien TrinhMani MenonFiras AbdollahPublished in: Cancer (2017)
An OM benefit was observed among men who traveled long distances for PCa treatment, which is likely to be a reflection of centralization of care and more favorable patient-level characteristics in those travelers. Furthermore, the survival benefit mediated by long travel distances appears to be influenced by baseline socioeconomic, treatment, and facility-level factors. Cancer 2017;123:3241-52. © 2017 American Cancer Society.