Website Search Results for: cancer
985 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 241 - 250:
Date: Jan 2021
Examines adult nonmaternal hospital stays involving cancer. Includes hospitalization rates principally for cancer and principally for other causes by location of patient residence for large central metropolitan areas; large fringe metro areas; medium or small metro; and micropolitan or noncore (rural) areas.
...Cancer-Related Hospitalizations for Adults, 2017 --- Examines adult nonmaternal hospital stays involving cancer. Includes hospitalization...
Reviewed: Sep 2025
Case study describing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded pilot study to reduce health inequities among rural cancer survivors at National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) sites in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, and South Carolina. Discusses implementation of patient navigation and the Project ECHO telemonitoring platform in order to improve access to care and services.
...cancer survivors at National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) sites in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, and South...
Date: Apr 2023
Examines the facilitators of lung cancer screening initiation and retention in mostly Black and rural areas of Alabama. Provides feedback from 58 interviews with people who had a lung cancer screening between December 2019 and January 2022. Includes data on patient demographics, reasons for being screened, and intention to screen annually.
...Cancer Screening Initiation and Retention in Rural Alabama --- Examines the facilitators of lung cancer screening...
Date: Oct 2025
Examines associations between rural or urban residence and primary bone cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, utilizing NCI SEER data of patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2019. Provides data on rural-urban differences in overall survival, cancer-specific survival, receipt of treatment methods including local surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, and stage at diagnosis.
...Cancer: An Observational Study --- Examines associations between rural or urban residence and primary bone cancer...
Date: Jun 2024
Analyzes how geography and the social determinants of health impact skin cancer disparities. Analyzes skin cancer history in rural versus urban populations, with data further broken down by demographics, health plan, healthcare provider access, and income.
...cancer disparities. Analyzes skin cancer history in rural versus urban populations, with data further broken...
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: May 2015
Discusses the timeliness of colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment in rural hospitals of the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Study uses data from the 2006-2008 Central Cancer Registry (CCR) as well as Medicare claims to identify delays between diagnosis and treatment in healthcare facilities with various funding models.
...Cancer Treatment Delay Within Appalachia – The Role of For-Profit Hospitals --- Discusses the timeliness of colorectal...
Date: Jun 2024
Compares the association of breast cancer mortality with neighborhood deprivation among Black and White women in Georgia who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2010 and 2017. Measures deprivation via the Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI), utilizing 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) data. Provides additional data breakdowns by level of rurality, neighborhood racial composition, and neighborhood residential mobility.
...Cancer Mortality Among Black and White Women --- Compares the association of breast cancer mortality with...
Date: Jan 2025
Analyzes patterns in frequent emergency department (ED) use among patients with and without cancer, utilizing 2018-2019 ED visit data of 5 rural and 5 urban Illinois hospitals. Compares patient characteristics, cancer versus non-cancer patient mix, and proximity to care in rural and urban EDs. Discusses cancer patients as a priority group for improving access and service delivery to produce better outcomes and reduce emergency services use.
...cancer versus non-cancer patient mix, and proximity to care in rural and urban EDs. Discusses...
Date: Jan 2025
Examines the feasibility of community health worker (CHW) participation in a collaborative cancer care pain intervention for rural and/or Hispanic/Latino patients, utilizing survey and interview data of 12 CHWs. Discusses CHW experiences and comfort working with cancer patients in underserved settings.
...Cancer Pain Management: A Feasibility Study for a Randomized Controlled Trial --- Examines the feasibility of community...