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Website Search Results for: cancer

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321. #CRCFREE: Using Social Media to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk in Rural Adults - Resources
Date: May 2020

Results of a study to examine the applicability, feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of #CRCFree, a 12-week Facebook-based intervention intended to reduce multiple risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) in rural Appalachian adults aged 50 or more who are at risk for CRC. Features demographics and statistics on changes in CRC risk factors during the course of the intervention.

...Cancer Risk in Rural Adults --- Results of a study to examine the applicability, feasibility, efficacy...

322. Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake in Rural Settings: A Scoping Review - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Scoping review examining 36 studies on interventions to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake in rural communities. Highlights approaches and strategies of effective interventions and discusses the need for continued research on tailored interventions for underserved communities.

...Cancer Screening Uptake in Rural Settings: A Scoping Review --- Scoping review examining 36 studies on interventions...

323. Temporal Changes in Treatment Patterns for Rural and Urban Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Resources
Date: Jul 2022

Examines treatment modalities in rural and urban populations in North Carolina for patients who have Stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Identifies the treatment patterns of 5,504 patients such as surgery, radiation, or no treatment. Provides patient demographics broken down by age, sex, race, insurance, comorbidity index, history of lung disease, and urban, suburban, or rural location.

...Cancer --- Examines treatment modalities in rural and urban populations in North Carolina for patients who have...

324. Repeat Annual Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural Community Clinics: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate Outreach Strategies to Sustain Screening - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Analyzes the effectiveness of outreach strategies for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in rural areas. Examines 568 participants ages 50-75 and tracks screening rates with Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kits after receiving a personal or automated call by a prevention counselor. Includes demographic breakdowns of participants and discusses intervention strategies to improve CRC screening in rural areas.

...Cancer Screening in Rural Community Clinics: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate Outreach Strategies to Sustain...

325. Forging a New Frontier: Providing Palliative Care to People with Cancer in Rural and Remote Areas - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Shares the results of a literature review examining barriers and challenges related to integrating palliative and cancer care in rural and remote areas.

...Cancer in Rural and Remote Areas --- Shares the results of a literature review examining barriers...

326. Factors Associated With Geographic Disparities in Gastrointestinal Cancer Mortality in the United States - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Examines modifiable and nonmodifiable factors related to county-level mortality from esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. Provides county-level U.S. maps and breaks down data by sex, race, health behaviors, income, insurance status, travel time and specialist density, screening rates, and location by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, and rural.

...Cancer Mortality in the United States --- Examines modifiable and nonmodifiable factors related to county-level...

327. Cancer Risk Factors and Rurality - Resources
Added: Dec 2024

Analyzes cancer rate data by smoking, healthcare visits, uninsured status, premature mortality, and race and ethnicity. Includes interactive data visualizations comparing metro and nonmetro differences at the county level. Offers a video tutorial for interacting with the data.

...Cancer Risk Factors and Rurality --- Analyzes cancer rate data by smoking, healthcare visits, uninsured status...

328. The Rural Household Production of Health Approach: Applying Lessons from Zambia to Rural Cancer Disparities in the U.S. - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Examines the household production of health approach (HHPH) to understand how rural populations allocate resources when seeking medical treatment. Discusses how this approach can yield new understandings of rural cancer research in the U.S. that considers people's familial and cultural realities. Focuses on responsibilities in the household, particularly for women, as they relate to healthcare access.

...Cancer Disparities in the U.S. --- Examines the household production of health approach (HHPH) to understand...

329. Exceptional Survival Among Kentucky Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Appalachian Versus Non-Appalachian Populations - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Explores a study on rates of exceptional survival (5 years or more post-diagnosis) of stage IV lung cancer patients in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky. Breaks down data by insurance type, treatment type, and length of survival, among other measures.

...Cancer Patients: Appalachian Versus Non-Appalachian Populations --- Explores a study on rates of exceptional survival...

330. Association of Rurality With Annual Repeat Lung Cancer Screening in the Veterans Health Administration - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Reviews electronic health records of veterans in rural and nonrural areas who utilized Veterans Affairs medical centers from 2015 to 2019. Examines geographic trends among veteran populations who complete annual repeat lung cancer screenings. Includes information on barriers rural veterans face in accessing screenings and potential solutions to address them. Reports on rural versus nonrural data further broken down according to age, sex, race, ethnicity, and comorbidities, among other demographic information.

...Cancer Screening in the Veterans Health Administration --- Reviews electronic health records of veterans in rural...