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Date: Feb 2024
Explores loneliness as a driver of negative health outcomes among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breaks down data by age, cancer type, living situation, and rural versus urban location, among other measures.
...cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breaks down data by age, cancer type, living...
Date: Oct 26, 2026
Describes ongoing research aiming to address cancer risk for firefighters by modifying the personal protective equipment worn during fire exposures. Notes that better protective gear would benefit rural fire departments that are often unable to screen firefighters for cancer. Source: Public News Service.
...Cancer Risk for Firefighters --- Describes ongoing research aiming to address cancer risk for firefighters by modifying...
Date: 2025
Analyzes unmet needs and lived experiences of 24 male cancer survivors living in rural Virginia. Utilizes focus group feedback to discuss themes such as coping with health problems, quality of and access to healthcare, navigating survivorship, and cancer prevention advocacy.
...cancer prevention advocacy. --- The Lived Experiences and Unmet Needs of Prostate and Colorectal Male Cancer...
Date: 2022
Highlights discussions from a virtual workshop focused on improving cancer diagnosis. Includes information on addressing disparities in diagnosis and access to care, including disparities for rural populations. Features a cancer screening and diagnosis program serving rural Appalachia, describing the challenges faced and strategies used, including the use of a mobile screening unit.
...Cancer Diagnosis Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief --- Highlights discussions from a virtual workshop focused...
Date: Nov 2025
Examines factors associated with cancer clinical trial participation among 15 rural and 15 urban cancer patients in Vermont. Presents data and interview excerpts illustrating rural and urban patients' relative prioritization of factors including care coordination, travel time, financial support from hospitals, treatment regimen, and more.
...Cancer Clinical Trial Participation --- Examines factors associated with cancer clinical trial participation among 15 rural...
Date: Jul 2019
Examines rural-urban differences in prognostication of endometrial cancer and mortality rates among 2,994 endometrial cancer patients in Utah between 1997 and 2012. Analyzes healthcare data from the Utah Population Database, which includes EMR data from the University of Utah Healthcare and Intermountain Healthcare, two of the largest healthcare providers in the state.
...cancer and mortality rates among 2,994 endometrial cancer patients in Utah between 1997 and 2012. Analyzes...
Date: Apr 2019
Results of a study using population health indicators and county-level factor analysis to examine rates of cancer from 2010 to 2014. Includes maps with shadings to show burden index and age-adjusted cancer mortality rates. Variables included poverty, income, food insecurity, isolation in rural areas, and long commutes.
...Cancer at the County Level --- Results of a study using population health indicators and county...
Date: Feb 2024
Evaluates associations between thyroid cancer stage at diagnosis, rural or urban status, and distance from treatment center among 800 current thyroid cancer patients in Nebraska. Includes demographic breakdowns and discussion of access-based treatment and outcome disparities.
...Cancer Diagnosis Based on Residence and Distance From Medical Facility --- Evaluates associations between thyroid cancer...
Date: Jun 2019
Results of a study examining 59,432 cases of cervical cancer. Features statistics on age-adjusted cervical cancer incidence, with breakdowns by race or ethnicity and urban or rural location.
...cancer. Features statistics on age-adjusted cervical cancer incidence, with breakdowns by race or ethnicity...
Date: Jul 2020
Summarizes barriers and issues to providing quality cancer care in rural areas. Details the geographic distribution of oncologists in the U.S. Highlights 3 models in Ohio, Missouri, and New Mexico to address care challenges for rural cancer patients.
...Cancer Care Gap: Three Institutional Approaches --- Summarizes barriers and issues to providing quality cancer care...