Sociodemographic and geographic factors impacting radiotherapy recommendation, initiation, and completion for patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than half of patients with cancer receive radiotherapy, which often requires daily treatments for several weeks. The impact of geographic and sociodemographic factors on the odds of patients with cancer being recommended radiotherapy, starting radiotherapy, and completing radiotherapy is not well understood.

Methods

This was a retrospective patient cohort study that included patients diagnosed with one of the 10 most common solid cancers from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021, in the National Cancer Database. The primary predictor was radial distance from a patient's home to their cancer treatment hospital. Other covariates included baseline patient characteristics (age, sex, comorbidities, metastatic disease, cancer site), sociodemographic characteristic

SUBMITTER: Hogan JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11695155 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature