The impact of travel time to cancer treatment centre on post-diagnosis care and mortality among cancer patients in Scotland.

Limited data exist on the effect of travelling time on post-diagnosis cancer care and mortality. We analysed the impact of travel time to cancer treatment centre on secondary care contact time and one-year mortality using a data-linkage study in Scotland with 17369 patients. Patients with longer travelling time and island-dwellers had increased incidence rate of secondary care cancer contact time.

Association of types of diabetes and insulin dependency on birth outcomes.

Background: Diabetes rates among pregnant women in the United States have been increasing and are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Aim: To investigate differences in birth outcomes (preterm birth, macrosomia, and neonatal death) by diabetes status.

Methods: Cross-sectional design, using linked Missouri birth and death certificates (singleton births only), 2010 to 2012 ( = 204057).

Rural dwellers are less likely to survive cancer - An international review and meta-analysis.

Background: Existing research from several countries has suggested that rural-dwellers may have poorer cancer survival than urban-dwellers. However, to date, the global literature has not been systematically reviewed to determine whether a rural cancer survival disadvantage is a global phenomenon.

Methods: Medline, CINAHL, and EMBASE were searched for studies comparing rural and urban cancer survival.