Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients in western Pennsylvania: rural-urban disparities.

Kathryn DemanelisMargaret RosenzweigLinda B RobertsonCarissa A LowShayla DanielsHiba AbujaradehBeth SimonDana H BovbjergBrenda Diergaarde

Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2023)

The extent to which perceptions of the threat of COVD-19 to personal health and vaccine hesitancy exacerbates rural-urban disparities in cancer care and prognosis warrants further study. Cancer patients may be vulnerable to heightened anxiety and distress triggered by the pandemic.

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