Management of patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) in a rural part of North Norway with a scattered population: does living near the department of oncology translate into a different pattern of care and survival?

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Nieder, Carsten, Dalhaug, Astrid, Haukland, Ellinor Christin, Norum, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Open 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Oncology: 762; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Onkologi: 762; Prostate cancer; distant metastases; chemotherapy; radiotherapy; systemic therapy; survival; pattern of care; Bodø; Norway; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Nordland; North Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15997; https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1620086

Source at https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1620086. The goal of the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is to offer an equal health-care service with the same outcomes wherever people are living within the country. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether this was true for patie...