Urban and Rural Differences in Cancer Treatment Disruption Among Patients With COVID-19: An Analysis of the US ASCO COVID-19 in Oncology Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer patients in rural areas experience greater barriers to treatment access compared with patients in urban areas. There is limited research on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected cancer treatment delivery for rural patients who were also diagnosed with COVID-19. This study has two objectives: to assess (1) the urban-rural differences in cancer care and (2) the predictors of cancer treatment delay or discontinuation (TDD) among patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Methods

We used data from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Survey on COVID-19 in Oncology Registry (March 2020-September 2022), which included cancer patients with test-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (N = 3797). Data included patient sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 diagnosis informat

SUBMITTER: Lin YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11754248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature