Messages from research

A review of the research literature concerning differences in cancer outcomes between metropolitan and country residents in South Australia, and factors that might underlie such differences

Published: 2012

This report, Messages from research: A review of the research literature concerning differences in cancer outcomes between metropolitan and country residents in South Australia, and factors that might underlie such differences was funded by the Cancer Council South Australia (CCSA). The atlas draws on the published research literature to determine what is already known about geographic differences in cancer incidence, prevalence, risk factors, screening uptake, survival and outcomes for rural populations. The literature review provides contextual information, and examines the evidence for factors contributing to identified geographic and other inequalities in cancer in South Australia. A better understanding of the patterns of cancer suffered by people living in rural and remote areas of South Australia can assist health planners, cancer screening services, health practitioners and other care providers, and the community, to assess current needs for a range of services and any relative health differences, or inequalities, which need to be addressed.

The report is a companion document to An Atlas of Cancer in South Australia.

Authored by PHIDU

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