Report reveals prostate cancer more deadly in rural areas
February 10, 2005Following the Rural Health Education Foundation’s recent broadcast on Prostate Cancer: Treatment and Access, new research reveals the mortality rate for Australian prostate cancer patients is higher in rural areas.
The study, published this week by The Medical Journal of Australia, found that death rates from prostate cancer were 21 per cent higher in rural areas compared to urban Australia.
The research, which is available on the eMJA website, also found there was a 16 per cent lower testing rate in the country, and a 29 per cent lower occurrence of radical prostatectomy, or removal of the prostate gland.
A useful summary of the report’s findings can be found in the 7 February 2005 online edition of the Sydney Morning Herald (registration may be required).
Prostate Cancer program on video and viewable online
VHS videos of the Foundation’s Prostate Cancer: Treatment and Access program, which aired in September 2004, can now be purchased via the Foundation’s online DVD & Video order page.
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