Examining socio-spatial mobility patterns among colon cancer patients after diagnosis.

ABSTRACT: Given the growing number of cancer survivors, it is important to better understand socio-spatial mobility patterns of cancer patients after diagnosis that could have public health implications regarding post-diagnostic access to care for treatment and follow-up surveillance. In this exploratory study, residential histories from LexisNexis were linked to New Jersey colon cancer cases diagnosed from 2006 to 2011 to examine differences in socio-spatial mobility patterns after diagnosis by stage at cancer diagnosis, sex, and race/ethnicity. For the colon cancer cases, we summarized and compared the number of residences and changes in the residential census tract and neighborhood poverty after the diagnosis. We found only minor changes in neighborhood poverty among the cases during the follow-u

SUBMITTER: Wiese D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature