RESEARCH PAPER
Differences in results of breast cancer curative treatment between urban/rural female population in Podlaskie Voivodship of Poland before introduction of the National Cancer Control Programme
| 1 | Department of Public Health, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland |
| 2 | Lubuski College of Public Health, Zielona Gora, Poland |
| 3 | National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland |
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2013;20(1):68–71
KEYWORDS
breast cancer5-year relative survival rateinequalities in healthcurative treatmentPopulation Based Study
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to evaluate differences in the results of the curative treatment received by women with breast cancer in urban and rural area in Podlaskie Voivodship in 2001-2002 before the introduction of the National Cancer Control Programme. The analysis was based on 449 women with breast cancer, who received curative treatment in years 2001-2002.
Relative 5-year survival rates as function of age and stage among urban and rural women population were calculated. The results showed that survival rates in Podlaskie Voivodship among curatively treated women with breast cancer were 81.9% but they differed between urban and rural areas. Patients living in rural areas had much lower survivals than those living in urban areas at local and regional stage of disease. In all age groups considered in the study survivals in rural areas were lower than in urban ones in which survivals were higher in 55-64 age group. These results indicated the necessity intervention in order to increase the access to the health care system and effectiveness of early detection and also improved treatment standards for more disadvantaged rural areas. These results should be also considered in monitoring of the National Cancer Control Programme introduction in Poland in 2006.
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