Rural and Urban Differences in Prostate Cancer Recurrence.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rural patients face unique barriers in obtaining high-quality cancer care. Research is lacking in determining whether these disparities translate to negative clinical outcomes.

Objective

To determine if there are differences in the rate of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer between rural and urban men.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used patient data that was abstracted from the North Carolina Prostate Cancer Comparative Effectiveness and Survivorship Study, a population-based cohort that prospectively followed patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer from the Rapid Case Ascertainment system of the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry from January 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013. Patients were identified who had received either

SUBMITTER: Balmaceda JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12334958 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature