Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Aug 2019
Provides an overview of issues related to cancer in rural areas, including barriers to accessing cancer care. Describes federal programs that support and enhance national and rural cancer control efforts, including funding, and offers policy recommendations. Features statistics on average annual percent change in cancer mortality rates from 2006-2015, with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Includes a U.S. map showing locations of cancer centers that received Rural Cancer Control Supplements grants in 2018.
...cancer centers that received Rural Cancer Control Supplements grants in 2018. --- Examining Rural Cancer Prevention...
Date: Apr 2022
Examines cancer survivors and caregivers' perceptions toward cancer care in rural Nebraska. Discusses perceptions of community health status, sources of cancer information, cancer diagnosis, care coordination, provider communication and organizational support, and barriers to care, based on focus group data from 20 participants.
...Cancer Care Experiences among Rural Cancer Survivors and Caregivers --- Examines cancer survivors and caregivers' perceptions...
Date: Jan 2026
Highlights a study exploring cancer control-focused grants funded by the National Cancer Institute for research opportunities to identify methods to close rural and urban disparities in cancer outcomes. Details rural grants from 2016 to 2024, their healthcare focus, and location of cancer treated.
...Cancer Control: A Portfolio Analysis of Research Funded by the National Cancer Institute, 2016–2024 --- Highlights...
Added: Jul 30, 2026
The WVU Cancer Institute deploys mobile units Bonnie's Bus and LUCAS to screen for breast and lung cancer in West Virginia's rural counties.
...Cancer Institute Mobile Cancer Screening Program is a statewide initiative designed to bring cancer screenings...
Date: Mar 2026
Narrative review examining rural and urban differences in lung cancer health outcomes, screening access, and other contextual factors influencing lung cancer disparities. Provides recommendations for effective lung cancer treatment and policy development supporting rural health.
...Cancer Health Outcomes and Access to Lung Cancer Screening Between Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S --- Narrative...
Date: Mar 2026
Provides data on cancer incidence, characteristics, and survival in Iowa. Provides county-level estimates of new cancers, cancer deaths, and those living with cancer as of 2026. Features a section on how cancer impacts Iowa's farming population and related issues of agricultural health, drinking water quality, and pesticide use.
...cancers, cancer deaths, and those living with cancer as of 2026. Features a section on how cancer...
Date: Apr 2018
Examines differences in cancer incidence and 5-year cancer survival rates by metro and nonmetro Utah counties. Includes analysis describing disparities in cancer risk factors. Table 1 provides statistics on cancer patients living in rural and urban areas by race, treatment, age at diagnosis, stage, and insurance status. Table 3 compares 5-year cancer survival rates for metro and nonmetro counties.
...Cancer Survival and Incidence by Metropolitan Versus Rural Residence in Utah --- Examines differences in cancer...
Date: Feb 2025
Provides county-level data on cancer cases, deaths, and survivors in Iowa. Highlights information on cancer surveillance and care in Iowa, data on specific types of cancer, and risk factors for cancer, with a focus on cancer survivorship and the needs of survivors in urban and rural areas.
...cancer, and risk factors for cancer, with a focus on cancer survivorship and the needs...
Date: Jul 2017
Highlights rural-urban disparities in cancer prevalence and mortality from 2009-2013, and analyzes the five-year (2011-2016) funding trends for rural-focused, National Cancer Institute (NCI) supported cancer control grants.
...Cancer Institute (NCI) supported cancer control grants. --- Making the Case for Investment in Rural Cancer...
Date: Dec 2025
Reports on cancer disparities by various demographic factors, socioeconomic status, geography, and other factors, utilizing 2018-2022 North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) data. Contains metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan data comparisons throughout, and discusses factors influencing access to cancer screening and treatment, including rurality.
...cancer screening and treatment, including rurality. --- American Cancer Society's Report on the Status of Cancer...