Rural-Urban Disparities Contributed to Distinct Outcomes of Early Stage Breast Cancer

To the Editor,A recent study examined the outcome of early breast cancer treated in rural and urban areas, indicating that rural patients showed more negative prognostic criteria, while the authors failed to find out the differences in survival [1]. We recruited patients with early stage breast cancer (stage I, II, IIIA or IIIB) that were first diagnosed, treated and received their post-operational treatment in different rural and urban...