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Tanaka, R., Matsuzaka, M., Nakaji, S., Sasaki, Y. (2016). Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(11), 5025-5030. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5025
Rina Tanaka; Masashi Matsuzaka; Shigeyuki Nakaji; Yoshihiro Sasaki. "Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, 11, 2016, 5025-5030. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5025
Tanaka, R., Matsuzaka, M., Nakaji, S., Sasaki, Y. (2016). 'Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(11), pp. 5025-5030. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5025
Tanaka, R., Matsuzaka, M., Nakaji, S., Sasaki, Y. Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2016; 17(11): 5025-5030. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5025

Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients

Article 38, Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2016, Page 5025-5030  XML PDF (315 K)
Document Type: Research Articles
DOI: 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5025
Authors
Rina Tanaka 1; Masashi Matsuzaka2; Shigeyuki Nakaji3; Yoshihiro Sasaki2
1Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
2Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Hospital
3Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
Abstract
The objective of this study was to clarify how distance from place of residence to the nearest specialist cancer hospital affects the survival rates of lung cancer patients and the treatment provided by hospitals. All patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the Aomori cancer registry database for the period from 2009 to 2011 (n=3,986). The distance to hospital was measured as the straight line distance from a person’s place of residence to his or her treating hospital, and we used the Ederer II method for calculating relative survival. The information of treatments given was obtained by data extraction. We defined the hospital having respiratory medicine as Specialist hospital. All private hospital and clinic were included in General hospital and clinic. Patients attending specialist hospital were 2,548 (67.0%), and general hospital and clinic were 1,255 (33.0%). The patient who had the lowest relative survival in localized group lived
Keywords
Lung cancer; distance; relative survival; stage at diagnosis; Treatment
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