Eleanor M Nanney, Abbigale Shumaker, Triny Gutierrez, Kelly Mitchell, Sylvia A Frazier Bowers, Chris Wiesen, Paul Mihas, Laura Anne Jacox
Identifying factors influencing orthodontic residency program selection
Journal of dental education
cancer incidence mortality vary across globe nearly twothirds cancerrelated deaths occurring low middleincome countries ruralurban disparity sociodemographic behavioural lifestylerelated factors well access cancer care one contributing factors populationbased cancer registries serve measure understanding burden cancer aimed evaluate ruralurban disparity cancer burden care patients registered indian populationbased cancer registry study collected data varanasi uttar pradesh india 2017 2019 sex sitespecific agestandardised rates incidence mortality per 100000 population calculated ruralurban disparities cancer incidence mortality estimated rate differences standardised rate ratios 95 confidence intervals univariable multivariable regressions applied determine significant differences sociodemographic cancerrelated variables according place residence ruralurban crude adjusted odds ratios 95 confidence intervals calculated 6721 cancer patients registered study duration urban patients older better literacy socioeconomic levels rural patients higher odds unskilled semiskilled professions diagnostic clinical confirmation cancer significantly higher urban patients verbal autopsybased confirmation higher rural patients rural patients likely receive palliative alternative systems medicine urban patients higher chances treatment completion significantly higher incidence mortality observed oral cancer among urban men cervical cancer among rural women despite higher incidence breast cancer urban women significantly higher mortality observed rural women low middleincome countries facing dual challenges cancer control prevention urban populations experience unhealthy lifestyles rural populations lack healthcare accessibility distinctness cancer burden pattern calls reevaluation cancer control strategies tailormade understanding urbanrural disparities contextspecific interventional programmes targeting riskfactor modifications cancer awareness early detection accessibility diagnosis care essential