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Date: Dec 2022
Examines actions taken by federal agencies to increase diverse population enrollment in cancer clinical trials as well as practices by non-federal cancer centers to facilitate diverse enrollment. Discusses strategies such as collaboration, reducing barriers, data standardization, training, utilization of community ambassadors, and more. Focuses on inclusion of underrepresented groups such as racial/ethnic minorities, young adults, older adults, those with low incomes, women, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons, and people living in rural communities.
...cancer clinical trials as well as practices by non-federal cancer centers to facilitate diverse...
Date: Aug 2018
Discusses the findings of a survey of Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps) in rural Alaska regarding their participation in culturally-relevant online learning modules developed to increase their knowledge about cancer and improve their capacity to interact with patients about cancer.
...cancer and improve their capacity to interact with patients about cancer. --- View more Culturally-Relevant...
Date: Mar 2019
Examines barriers related to living in rural areas while receiving treatment in urban healthcare centers for pediatric cancer patients. Shares recommendations to improve care and services for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
...cancer patients. Shares recommendations to improve care and services for pediatric cancer patients and their...
Date: Aug 2024
Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing Nevada Central Cancer Registry and Electronic Death Registry System data. Compares incidence and mortality in Clark County, Washoe County, and the state's rural counties.
...Cancer in Nevada, 2011-2021 --- Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing...
Date: Aug 2024
Examines if there is a presence of health disparities when comparing rural and urban breast and lung cancer patients in Georgia. Analyzes survival rates and clinical trial enrollments at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC), providing rural versus urban descriptive statistics.
...cancer patients in Georgia. Analyzes survival rates and clinical trial enrollments at a Comprehensive Cancer...
Date: Jul 2023
Results of a study to explore educational attainment as a risk factor for increased colorectal and lung cancer incidence and mortality in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky counties. Features county-level maps with shadings indicating prevalence of these cancers and literacy and educational levels.
...cancers and literacy and educational levels. --- View more Lung and Colorectal Cancer Disparities in Appalachian...
Date: Jun 2023
Interviews 36 rural women with cancer to explore their methods for handling financial hardship stemming from the costs of cancer. Discusses both informal assistance from the patients' support systems and formal assistance from healthcare systems and organizations. Highlights areas for potential financial disparities within existing inequalities.
...Cancer Treatment --- Interviews 36 rural women with cancer to explore their methods for handling financial...
Date: Jan 2020
Explores how individuals with a cancer diagnosis accessed and utilized health information technology compared to those who have never had a cancer diagnosis. Compares the rates at which patients are offered access to their online medical record, how often they view their online medical record, and how they utilized the record, among other measures. Presents demographic and health-related data for the surveyed individuals, including the percentage in rural versus urban areas.
...Cancer: 2017-2018 --- Explores how individuals with a cancer diagnosis accessed and utilized health information...
Date: Oct 2022
Examines breast cancer mortality rates in South Dakota women as related to sociodemographic and county-level factors. Includes county-level state maps of age-adjusted mortality rates and cancer incidence.
...Cancer Mortality Rates in a Rural State --- Examines breast cancer mortality rates in South Dakota...
Reviewed: Jan 2025
Displays National Cancer Institute data on prostate cancer cases and deaths for North Carolina counties via an interactive map and downloadable reports. Reports also contains breakdowns by race and ethnicity.
...Cancer Across North Carolina --- Displays National Cancer Institute data on prostate cancer cases and deaths...