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In this survival study 63 976 patients diagnosed with one of six common cancers in Scotland were followed up. Increasing distance from a cancer centre was associated with less chance of diagnosis before death for stomach, breast and colorectal cancers and poorer survival after diagnosis for prostate and lung cancers. © 2000 Cancer Research Campaign
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Campbell, N., Elliott, A., Sharp, L. et al. Rural factors and survival from cancer: analysis of Scottish cancer registrations. Br J Cancer 82, 1863–1866 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.1999.1079
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