Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Jun 1, 2022
Nuclear weapons testing from 1945 to 1962 and uranium mining from 1943 to 1971 exposed workers and community members living near the mines or testing sites to harmful levels of radiation that can lead to cancer and other illnesses. Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) grants help healthcare organizations provide screenings, referrals for medical treatment, and other services to this population. Two grantees, the Navajo Area RESEP and the Southwestern Utah RESEP, share their stories. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer and other illnesses. Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) grants help healthcare organizations...
Date: 2024
Proceedings of a workshop focused on assessing progress in cancer care quality and equity in the past decade, from 2013-2023. Includes discussion on changes, strategies, and advances in cancer care, as well as how to improve cancer care for various populations, such as rural residents.
...Cancer Care: Proceedings of a Workshop --- Proceedings of a workshop focused on assessing progress in cancer...
Date: Aug 2021
Identifies barriers and facilitators of physical activity programs for rural female cancer survivors, utilizing data from focus group discussions among 19 cancer survivors and 11 interventionists. Includes discussion of participant and facilitator knowledge, program cost, support, cancer-specific exercise and physical outcome concerns, and more. Identifies differences in perspective between participant and facilitator groups.
...Cancer Diagnosis --- Identifies barriers and facilitators of physical activity programs for rural female cancer survivors...
Date: Aug 2017
Identifies counties in the U.S. with higher rates of lung cancer mortality and related community-level factors, including rurality, socioeconomic status, level of particulate matter pollution, and access to healthcare. Includes a map showing lung cancer mortality clusters and a "lung cancer mortality belt" from eastern Oklahoma through central Appalachia.
...cancer mortality clusters and a "lung cancer mortality belt" from eastern Oklahoma through central Appalachia...
Date: Oct 2021
Discusses the establishment of the Virginia Living Well (VALW) registry in 2018 and the methodology involved to include rural and underrepresented populations in cancer research through community outreach. Includes county-level maps of cancer data in Virginia as well as demographic data on VALW participants broken down by employment, income, insurance status, cancer screening frequency, race, rural versus urban, and more.
...cancer research through community outreach. Includes county-level maps of cancer data in Virginia as well...
Date: Feb 2023
Examines health behaviors among cancer patients and survivors in urban and rural communities with a focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzes health characteristics and behaviors, healthcare utilization, COVID-19 pandemic safety precautions, and more.
...Cancer and Cancer Survivors --- Examines health behaviors among cancer patients and survivors in urban and rural...
Date: Sep 2021
Examines a rural Texan county with increased breast cancer mortality to understand the relationship between sociodemographic variables and breast cancer outcomes. Reviews data from 406 women between 1995 and 2014 to explore survival probability by demographic group, insurance status, zip code, and stage of cancer, among others.
...Cancer Survivors in Rural West Texas --- Examines a rural Texan county with increased breast cancer...
Date: Nov 2024
Examines rural-urban differences in stage of diagnosis for five common cancers in California, utilizing 2015-2019 California Cancer Registry data. Breaks down data by sex and other demographics. Discusses access to screening and other aspects of cancer care in rural areas.
...cancers in California, utilizing 2015-2019 California Cancer Registry data. Breaks down data by sex and other...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
In addition to information from federal agencies, a Missouri cardiologist reviews the science behind what often seems to be mixed messages concerning alcohol use and its impact on health and well-being - The Rural Monitor
...cancers, like breast cancer in women. Alcohol and Its Link to Breast Cancer The CDC provides...
Date: Jan 2026
Examines the relationship between breast cancer types and persistent poverty across rurality and demographic variables. Utilizes county-level 2017-2021 (excluding 2020) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data to analyze breast cancer subtype rates, with breakdowns according to counties defined as persistent poverty or non-persistent poverty and by rural versus urban. Discusses the impact of sociodemographics on cancer disparities.
...cancer disparities. --- Persistent Poverty and Breast Cancer Incidence by Tumor Subtype: Intersections of Rural/Urban Residence...