Wang, Fahui; Luo, Lan; McLafferty, Sara - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 2/3, pp. 237-258
Patients diagnosed with late-stage cancer have lower survival rates than those with early-stage cancer. This paper … examines possible associations between several risk factors and late-stage diagnosis for four types of cancer in Illinois …: breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer. Potential risk factors are composed of spatial factors …