Retrospective Cohort Study on the Impact of Travel Distance on Late-Stage Oral Cancer Treatment and Outcomes: An NCDB Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines provide evidence-based consensus for optimal individual site- and stage-specific treatments. This is a cohort study of 11,121 late-stage oral cancer patients in the National Cancer Database from 2010 to 2016. We hypothesized that patient travel distance may affect treatment choices and impact outcome. We split travel distance (miles) into quartiles (D1-4) and assessed treatment choices, type of facility, and survival outcome in relation to distance traveled. Univariate and multivariate analyses addressed contributions of specific variables. White patients were most likely to travel farthest (D4) for treatment compared to Black patients (D1). Urban area patients traveled shorter distances than those from rural areas. Greater travel distan

SUBMITTER: Harris CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11311623 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature