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Are There Delays In Receipt Of Treatment Among Appalachian Kentucky Women With Breast Cancer, Huong Thi Thanh Luu
Are There Delays In Receipt Of Treatment Among Appalachian Kentucky Women With Breast Cancer, Huong Thi Thanh Luu
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Background: Women living in rural and under-resourced Appalachian Kentucky may experience delays in receiving cancer treatment yet such delays have not been systematically evaluated. In this analysis, we hypothesize that women diagnosed with breast cancer who live in Appalachian Kentucky would be more likely to have a treatment delay compared to those living in other Kentucky regions and adjusting for individual measures of socioeconomic status.
Methods: In this cohort study, women included in the Kentucky Cancer Registry with a diagnosis of an incident, primary breast cancer in the prior 12 months were interviewed by phone (n=1,245; response rate 26.9%). Cox …