Study shows diagnosis and treatment discrepancies exist between urban and rural women with breast cancer
In an analysis of the medical care received by almost 350,000 women diagnosed with various stages of breast cancer, researchers at Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota, and Georgetown University determined that, among other differences, rural women were less likely to obtain an estrogen receptor status test and less likely to undergo the recommended radiation therapy following a lumpectomy, when compared with urban women.
Study findings were presented at the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
Source: Mayo Clinic News Release.