The impact of rural residence on adult brain cancer survival in the United States.

Arash Delavar Omar M Al JammalKathleen R MaguireArvin R WaliMartin H Pham

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2019)

After adjusting for confounding factors, our results suggest that rural residence has a modest effect on brain cancer survival, and that this disparity may vary by cancer type. Future research should explore differences in treatment strategies between rural and urban brain cancer patients.

Keyphrases

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