Rural-Urban Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survivorship Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural residents have a higher prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality compared to urban individuals. Policies have been aimed at improving access to CRC screening to reduce these outcomes. However, little attention has been paid to other determinants of CRC-related outcomes, such as stage at diagnosis, treatment, or survivorship care. The main objective of this analysis was to evaluate literature describing differences in CRC screening, stage at diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship care between rural and urban individuals.

Materials and methods

We conducted a systematic review of electronic databases using a combination of MeSH and free-text search terms related to CRC screening, stage at diagnosis, treatment, survivorship care, and rurality. We identifi

SUBMITTER: Sepassi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10994268 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature