Cancer survival in New Zealand: Ethnic, social and geographical inequalities

Haynes, Robin; Pearce, Jamie; Barnett, Ross

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.005

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“…A study of travel time in northern England found that women who lived further from a radiotherapy center were less likely to undergo radiation therapy (Jones et al, 2008). Similarly in New Zealand, poorer breast cancer survival time was associated with longer travel time to a cancer center (Haynes, Pearce, & Barnett, 2008). Once treatment is initiated, time and distance barriers to facilities may also play a role in the completion of radiation therapy.…”

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Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area

Peipins

Graham

Young

et al. 2013

Social Science & Medicine

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Low-income women with breast cancer who rely on public transportation may have difficulty in completing recommended radiation therapy due to inadequate access to radiation facilities. Using a geographic information system (GIS) and network analysis we quantified spatial accessibility to radiation treatment facilities in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. We built a transportation network model that included all bus and rail routes and stops, system transfers and walk and wait times experienced by public transportation system travelers. We also built a private transportation network to model travel times by automobile. We calculated travel times to radiation therapy facilities via public and private transportation from a population-weighted center of each census tract located within the study area. We broadly grouped the tracts by low, medium and high household access to a private vehicle and by race. Facility service areas were created using the network model to map the extent of areal coverage at specified travel times (30, 45 and 60 min) for both public and private modes of transportation. The median public transportation travel time to the nearest radiotherapy facility was 56 min vs. approximately 8 min by private vehicle. We found that majority black census tracts had longer public transportation travel times than white tracts across all categories of vehicle access and that 39% of women in the study area had longer than 1 h of public transportation travel time to the nearest facility. In addition, service area analyses identified locations where the travel time barriers are the greatest. Spatial inaccessibility, especially for women who must use public transportation, is one of the barriers they face in receiving optimal treatment.

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Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area

Peipins

Graham

Young

et al. 2013

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Stage completeness differs widely by cancer site, partly explained by patient, service and/or cancer related factors (Gurney et al, 2013). Colorectal and lung cancers were more likely to be fatal for people living in deprived areas, while breast and prostate cancers had adverse survival chances if they lived distant from a cancer centre (Haynes et al, 2008). Significant increases in past cancer risk associated with increasing soil arsenic in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas and demonstrate the robustness of the geospatial approach (Pearce et al, 2012).…”

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Overview of Cancer Registration Research in the Asian Pacific from 2008-2013

Moore¹

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Disparities in cancer treatments have been shown in many countries (Byers et al, 2008;Dejardin et al, 2005;Eaker et al, 2009;Gori et al, 2010;Halmin et al, 2008;Haynes, Pearce & Barnett, 2008;Jones et al, 2008;Lejeune et al, 2010;Maddison, Asad, & Urquhart, 2011;Olver, Marine, & Grogan, 2011;Rosato et al, 2009;Siminoff & Ross, 2005). Influence of socioeconomic determinants on cancer treatment has been demonstrated (Mackenbach et al, 2008;Merletti, Galassi, & Spadea, 2011;Morimoto, Coalson, Mowat, & O'Malley, 2010;Senior, 2009).…”

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How Do Gender, Age and Travel Time Impact on the Need for Social Support of Patients to Have Access to Cancer Treatment?

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Anchisi²,

Szucs³

2014

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Purpose: Disparities in cancer treatment for geographical and socioeconomic reasons have been demonstrated in several countries. In Valais, a canton in Switzerland, to travel to one of the oncology wards can be time consuming, cost intensive and make support by relatives or external persons and institutions necessary. Method:We investigated which kind of support cancer patients in Valais need today to make a treatment possible, quantified it and identified subgroups with particular needs. All patients who came in February 2012 for a consultation or an ambulant therapy to one of the four centres of the "Département Valaisan d'Oncologie" or the unique private practice in the region were asked to answer to a questionnaire. Results were summarised and analysed. Results: 84% of the patients need support. 40% of the patients need two or more kinds of support. Kind and quantity of support depend on gender, age and distance. Cancer patients in Valais need support to make their treatments possible. Some subgroups have a complex pattern of support and need specific assistance as younger women or elderly patients. Conclusions:We demonstrate that cancer patients in Valais need social support to handle their treatment days and that their out of the pocket travel expenses increase rapidly with distance. The pattern of support needed varies according to patient characteristics as gender, age and distance to treatment centre.

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Cancer survival in New Zealand: Ethnic, social and geographical inequalities

Cited by 95 publications

References 72 publications

Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area

Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area

Overview of Cancer Registration Research in the Asian Pacific from 2008-2013

How Do Gender, Age and Travel Time Impact on the Need for Social Support of Patients to Have Access to Cancer Treatment?

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