From: Regional differences in recommended cancer treatment for the elderly
 | All stages colon cancer with colorectal Resection 12+ nodes | Regional colon cancer with chemotherapy | Regional rectal cancer with radiation therapy | Regional rectal cancer with postoperative chemotherapy | Favorable non-metastatic prostate cancer without treatment | Unfavorable non-metastatic prostate cancer with any treatment | Locoregional resectable pancreatic cancer with resection |
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Treatment Rate | 48Â % | 54Â % | 61Â % | 48Â % | 21Â % | 88Â % | 41Â % |
Hospital referral region | |||||||
 Abilene | 0.6 (0.03) | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
 Amarillo | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 (<0.01) | 1.7 |
 Austin | 1.5 (0.05) | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.5 (<0.01) | 2.3 | 0.9 |
 Beaumont | 0.6 (0.01) | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 (<0.01) | 0.7 | 1 |
 Bryan | 1.5 | 1.4 | (omitted) | (omitted) | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
 Corpus Christi | 0.6 (0.01) | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
 Dallas | 1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 (<0.01) | 1.3 | 1.3 |
 El Paso | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | (omitted) | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
 Fort Worth | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
 Harlingen | 0.6 (0.01) | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 (0.03) | 3 | 0.6 |
 Houston | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
 Longview | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
 Lubbock | 1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
 McAllen | 0.5 (<0.01) | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.3 |
 Odessa | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 |
 San Angelo | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 2 (<0.01) | 0.6 | 4.5 |
 San Antonio | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 (<0.01) | 0.4 | 0.4 |
 Temple | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2 |
 Tyler | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.5 (0.01) | 1 | 1 |
 Victoria | 0.4 (<0.01) | 1.4 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
 Waco | 0.6 (0.03) | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.9 |
 Wichita Falls | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Sample Size | 5809 | 2009 | 668 | 518 | 5220 | 5978 | 673 |