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. 2023 Nov;30(12):6987-6989.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14140-9. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Evaluating Geographic Health Disparities in Cancer Care: Example of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem

Constance P Fontanet  1 , Heather Carlos  1 , Julie E Weiss  2 , Maria C Gil Diaz  1 , Xun Shi  3 , Tracy Onega  4 , Andrew P Loehrer  5   6   7
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Evaluating Geographic Health Disparities in Cancer Care: Example of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem

Constance P Fontanet et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Nov.
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Figure 1.
Percentage of patients presenting with late-stage breast cancer in Indiana from 2010 to 2015. This figure shows rates of late-stage presentation for breast cancer at the block group level, census tract level, and county level throughout the state of Indiana (first row) and Indianapolis (2nd row). Rates for areal units with case counts <6 were suppressed
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