Cancer Treatment by Cancer Type and Rurality

Table 2: Treatment Characteristics of Patients with Breast Cancer in Maine, According to Rurality and 3 Stages

Characteristic Localized Regional Distant
Urban, N = 2,2891 Large rural, N = 7681 Small rural, N = 4921 Isolated rural, N = 8721 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 7231 Large rural, N = 2991 Small rural, N = 1761 Isolated rural, N = 2781 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 1631 Large rural, N = 441 Small rural, N = 401 Isolated rural, N = 671 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2
Surgical resection 2,218 (97%) 752 (98%) 471 (96%) 847 (97%) 0 (NA%) 0.2 681 (94%) 281 (94%) 165 (94%) 268 (96%) 0 (NA%) 0.5 18 (11%) 7 (16%) 7 (18%) 12 (18%) 0 (NA%) 0.4
Any chemotherapy 485 (22%) 161 (23%) 103 (23%) 145 (18%) 0 (NA%) 0.041 413 (61%) 184 (68%) 91 (58%) 151 (60%) 0 (NA%) 0.11 118 (78%) 30 (77%) 22 (73%) 47 (80%) 0 (NA%) 0.9
Any radiation 2,084 (91%) 705 (92%) 447 (91%) 782 (90%) 0 (NA%) 0.5 694 (96%) 289 (97%) 166 (94%) 257 (92%) 0 (NA%) 0.071 141 (87%) 36 (82%) 35 (88%) 58 (87%) 0 (NA%) 0.8
Any hormonal treatment 1,658 (82%) 591 (85%) 330 (78%) 628 (83%) 0 (NA%) 0.073 526 (80%) 220 (81%) 132 (86%) 211 (83%) 0 (NA%) 0.4 103 (65%) 22 (54%) 26 (81%) 43 (70%) 0 (NA%) 0.082
Time to treatment (days) 38 (28) 37 (25) 34 (32) 37 (31) NA (NA) <0.001 32 (36) 34 (28) 34 (32) 34 (32) NA (NA) 0.3 16 (27) 21 (32) 14 (34) 20 (40) NA (NA) 0.4
1 n (%); Median (IQR)
2 Fisher's exact test; Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test

Table 3: Treatment Characteristics of Patients with Colorectal Cancer in Maine, According to Rurality



Characteristic Localized Regional Distant
Urban, N = 6121 Large rural, N = 2001 Small rural, N = 1761 Isolated rural, N = 2271 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 6161 Large rural, N = 2661 Small rural, N = 1851 Isolated rural, N = 2711 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 2721 Large rural, N = 961 Small rural, N = 881 Isolated rural, N = 1391 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2
Surgical resection 539 (88%) 194 (97%) 153 (87%) 202 (89%) 0 (NA%) <0.001 553 (90%) 232 (88%) 167 (90%) 226 (84%) 0 (NA%) 0.064 120 (44%) 44 (46%) 42 (48%) 59 (42%) 0 (NA%) 0.9
Any chemotherapy 102 (17%) 27 (14%) 23 (14%) 23 (11%) 0 (NA%) 0.14 367 (69%) 164 (71%) 110 (73%) 172 (77%) 0 (NA%) 0.2 183 (76%) 64 (88%) 60 (81%) 94 (79%) 0 (NA%) 0.2
Any radiation 513 (84%) 159 (80%) 141 (80%) 176 (78%) 0 (NA%) 0.14 530 (86%) 239 (90%) 156 (84%) 235 (87%) 0 (NA%) 0.3 227 (83%) 75 (78%) 77 (88%) 115 (83%) 0 (NA%) 0.4
Time to treatment (days) 4 (35) 0 (26) 2 (27) 8 (38) NA (NA) 0.037 20 (39) 22 (37) 14 (34) 25 (40) NA (NA) 0.040 19 (31) 24 (32) 27 (32) 25 (38) NA (NA) 0.059
1 n (%); Median (IQR)
2 Fisher's exact test; Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test

Table 4: Treatment Characteristics of Patients with Lung Cancer in Maine, According to Rurality



Characteristic Localized Regional Distant
Urban, N = 8971 Large rural, N = 3491 Small rural, N = 2321 Isolated rural, N = 3591 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 7601 Large rural, N = 3151 Small rural, N = 2291 Isolated rural, N = 3321 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 1,2301 Large rural, N = 4381 Small rural, N = 3521 Isolated rural, N = 5581 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2
Surgical resection 439 (49%) 161 (46%) 113 (49%) 181 (50%) 0 (NA%) 0.7 266 (35%) 104 (33%) 85 (37%) 143 (43%) 0 (NA%) 0.036 31 (2.5%) 9 (2.1%) 15 (4.3%) 16 (2.9%) 0 (NA%) 0.3
Any chemotherapy 79 (9.2%) 42 (13%) 24 (11%) 21 (6.3%) 0 (NA%) 0.023 474 (72%) 218 (77%) 138 (70%) 194 (72%) 0 (NA%) 0.2 705 (67%) 266 (70%) 169 (60%) 298 (66%) 0 (NA%) 0.068
Any radiation 801 (89%) 303 (87%) 208 (90%) 314 (87%) 0 (NA%) 0.5 685 (90%) 293 (93%) 198 (86%) 295 (89%) 0 (NA%) 0.074 1,078 (88%) 401 (92%) 307 (87%) 482 (86%) 0 (NA%) 0.062
Time to treatment (days) 51 (57) 38 (56) 54 (67) 49 (58) NA (NA) <0.001 36 (51) 29 (46) 34 (49) 35 (59) NA (NA) 0.11 21 (31) 23 (33) 19 (38) 23 (34) NA (NA) 0.4
1 n (%); Median (IQR)
2 Fisher's exact test; Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test

Table 4: Treatment Characteristics of Patients with Prostate Cancer in Maine, According to Rurality



Characteristic Localized Regional Distant
Urban, N = 1,7321 Large rural, N = 6341 Small rural, N = 4701 Isolated rural, N = 7691 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 3111 Large rural, N = 1311 Small rural, N = 761 Isolated rural, N = 1681 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2 Urban, N = 2351 Large rural, N = 801 Small rural, N = 801 Isolated rural, N = 1461 Unknown, N = 01 p-value2
Surgical resection 491 (28%) 175 (28%) 130 (28%) 201 (26%) 0 (NA%) 0.7 199 (64%) 85 (65%) 50 (66%) 109 (65%) 0 (NA%) >0.9 20 (8.5%) 6 (7.5%) 5 (6.2%) 12 (8.3%) 0 (NA%) >0.9
Any chemotherapy 3 (0.2%) 2 (0.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (NA%) 0.8 5 (1.6%) 3 (2.3%) 1 (1.4%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (NA%) >0.9 42 (19%) 13 (17%) 16 (23%) 21 (16%) 0 (NA%) 0.6
Any radiation 1,540 (89%) 575 (91%) 410 (87%) 684 (89%) 0 (NA%) 0.3 271 (87%) 113 (86%) 69 (91%) 152 (90%) 0 (NA%) 0.6 194 (83%) 73 (91%) 74 (92%) 123 (84%) 0 (NA%) 0.064
Any hormonal treatment 500 (30%) 185 (30%) 152 (33%) 214 (28%) 0 (NA%) 0.3 139 (46%) 59 (47%) 40 (55%) 81 (52%) 0 (NA%) 0.5 221 (96%) 79 (99%) 72 (91%) 135 (94%) 0 (NA%) 0.13
Time to treatment (days) 49 (69) 54 (72) 48 (73) 38 (71) NA (NA) <0.001 81 (71) 69 (57) 70 (70) 83 (72) NA (NA) 0.087 18 (29) 22 (26) 20 (24) 16 (32) NA (NA) >0.9
1 n (%); Median (IQR)
2 Fisher's exact test; Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test