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David Forman

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The influence of geographical access to health care and material deprivation on colorectal cancer survival: Evidence from France and England

2014

International audience; This article investigates the influence of distance to health care and material deprivation on cancer survival for patients diagnosed with a colorectal cancer between 1997 and 2004 in France and England. This population-based study included all cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed between 1997 and 2004 in 3 cancer registries in France and 1 cancer registry in England (N=40,613). After adjustment for material deprivation, travel times in England were no longer significantly associated with survival. In France patients living between 20 and 90min from the nearest cancer unit tended to have a poorer survival, although this was not statistically significant. In England, …

MaleHealth (social science)Colorectal cancerGeography Planning and DevelopmentPopulationcolorectal cancer[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/CancersurvivalHealth Services AccessibilityHealth services[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/CancerHealth caremedicineHumansRegistrieseducationmaterial deprivationAgedTraveleducation.field_of_studyGeographybusiness.industrytravel timesPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCancerCancer survivalMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseHealth care accessibility3. Good healthCancer registryEnglandFemaleFranceColorectal NeoplasmsbusinessDemographyHealth & Place
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Cancer prevention policy in the EU: Best practices are now well recognised; no reason for countries to lag behind

2018

Highlights • National Cancer Control Programmes (NCCPs) are key elements in cancer control. • NCCPs’ role in national cancer policies of EU countries has grown significantly. • Few quantitative assessments are available to evaluate success or failure of the implementation of NCCPs. • Research on methodologies to better assess the effectiveness of cancer prevention policies should be enhanced.

Economic growthPalliative carePopulationBest practiceArticleCancer prevention03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineNational Cancer Control Programmesmedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean Union030212 general & internal medicineSocial determinants of healthEuropean unioneducationmedia_commoneducation.field_of_studyCancer preventionHealth PolicyTobacco controlIntegrated carePolicyHealth promotionOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisBusinessJournal of Cancer Policy
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