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Date: Jan 7, 2026
Discusses cancer outcomes for the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population and the work of a cancer center in Oklahoma to improve those outcomes. Describes the partnership between the center and 2 tribal nations to ensure tribal participation, inclusion of Indigenous knowledge, and prioritizing community needs. Source: Open Access Government.
...Cancer Risks in Native American Communities --- Discusses cancer outcomes for the American Indian and Alaska...
Date: Apr 2015
Study of 123,129 colon cancer patients listed on the California Cancer Registry from 1996-2008, 15% of whom lived in rural areas. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural residence.
...Cancer Care? A Population Based Study --- Study of 123,129 colon cancer patients listed on the California...
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: Jan 2023
Analyzes the relationship between time to treatment initiation (TTI) and overall survival (OS) of cancer patients. Examines 1,205,031 women with breast cancer from 2004 to 2012 by socioeconomic and demographic information, with data further broken down by rural versus urban location.
...cancer patients. Examines 1,205,031 women with breast cancer from 2004 to 2012 by socioeconomic...
Date: Mar 2020
Results of a study examining how area-level social determinants of health and rurality were associated with cancer screening practices in 75 Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System practices in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin in 2016-2017. Features statistics on factors associated with 3 types of cancer screenings, with breakdowns by urban, rural, and highly rural areas.
...Cancer Screening Rates in the US Midwest --- Results of a study examining how area-level...
Date: Feb 2020
Presents a study examining the role of diet and gut microbiota in rates of colorectal cancer. Compares the diets of Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the world, with the diets of rural Africans, who have some of the lowest.
...cancer. Compares the diets of Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of colorectal cancer...
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: 2015
Explores the partnership between cancer researchers and community members who worked together to develop county-specific media campaigns to improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates and fruit and vegetable consumption in Appalachian Ohio. Covers the experiences of community members featured in the media campaigns. Includes demographic information for both media campaigns, such as gender, education, personal history of CRC, and first-degree relative with CRC.
...Cancer Prevention Campaign Development and Experience Being Featured in the Campaign --- Explores the partnership between...
Date: Mar 2023
Explores the effect rural hospital closures have had on rural cancer care. Draws from American Hospital Association data from 2008 to 2017 and explores the differing outcomes hospital closures had on oncology care, radiation services, and cancer screening in rural areas.
...cancer screening in rural areas. --- Availability of Hospital-Based Cancer Services Before and After Rural...
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...