Study Finds That Distance from Healthcare Facility May Impact Cancer Survival

December 7, 2021 11:04:32

A new study has found that the rate of survival for young individuals diagnosed with central nervous system (“CNS”) tumors is higher the farther they live from healthcare facilities. Associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University Kimberly Johnson reported  that one of the possible causes for this was that patients who suffered from noncentral nervous system cancers likely lived further away from healthcare facilities, which increased the likelihood that they were diagnosed when their tumors were more difficult to treat and in advanced stages. In addition, patients with CNS tumors may have to travel farther for care in order to access facilities with more experience treating these tumor types.

The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Johnson, who is the first author of the study. The researchers’ findings were reported…

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