Rural vs urban inequalities in stage at diagnosis for lung cancer

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100495
• Publication Date: 2021-11-26T07:22:59Z
• Authors: Bashir Daud Shah; Chung-Chun Tyan; Masud Rana; Donna Goodridge; Christopher A. He...; Nathaniel D. Osgood; Braden Manns; Erika D. Penz
• Keywords: Relative survival

Early diagnosis of lung cancer increases the chance survival. The aim this study was to measure relationship between geographic residence in Saskatchewan and stage at time diagnosis. Retrospective cohort analysis 2,972 patients with a primary either non-small cell (NSCLC) or small (SCLC) 2007 2012 performed. Incidence proportion early advanced cancer, relative risk being diagnosed advanced-stage early-stage calculated. Compared urban Saskatchewan, rural had higher NSCLC (relative [RR] = 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01–1.22). Rural further subdivided into north south. compared even greater (RR 1.17, CI: 1.03–1.31). Although not statistically significant, there trend for incidence SCLC vs 1.16, 0.95–1.43 RR 1.22; 0.94–1.58, respectively). There areas (31.6–34.4 29.5 per 10,000 people). Patients living have were more likely present comparison This inequality Saskatchewan.