Differences in cancer presentation, treatment, and mortality between rural and urban patients diagnosed with kidney cancer in the United States

CONCLUSIONS: Patients in RAs are more likely to present with advanced KCa at diagnosis compared to those in UAs and may also experience different treatment options including a lesser likelihood of undergoing partial nephrectomy. Rural patients with KCa also demonstrated significantly worse OS and CSS compared to their urban counterparts. Further patient-level studies are required to better understand the discrepancy in CSS between urban and rural patients diagnosed with KCa.PMID:38195330 | DOI:10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.12.011

Source: Urologic Oncology - January 9, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Christopher Connors Micah Levy Chih Peng Chin Daniel Wang Olamide Omidele Francisca Larenas Michael Palese Source Type: research