Map Details - Montana Travel For Surgical Breast Cancer Treatment
Impact Statement
This map shows how far and where Montanans travel for breast cancer surgery at selected Montana cities. For each Montanan receiving treatment in Montana for a diagnosis of breast cancer, a line from the Montanan’s residence to the city where the individual receives treatment is mapped and drawn. Most Montanans choose to receive treatment in six cities: Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula.
Software Used
R Development Core Team (2009). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org.
Data Used
Residence – Montana Central Cancer Tumor Registry, Shapefiles – Montana National Resource Information System.
Methods Used
Street addresses were geocoded using an internet based geocoder. The sp and rgdal packages were used for spatial transformations and manipulations, and RColorBrewer was used to create the color scheme for the legend.
Contact the Submitter of this Map
Cody L. Custis, Epidemiologist, Montana DPHHS
(406) 444-6947
ccustis@mt.gov
How to Cite this Map
Travel For Surgical Breast Cancer Treatment (Excludes Lumpectomy) In Montana, [TODAY’S DATE].
- Page last reviewed: July 13, 2017
- Page last updated: December 31, 2014
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