Website Search Results for: cancer
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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: 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: 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...
Date: Aug 2019
Study examining clinical trial methods for rural cancer patients. Surveys 15 cancer survivors and 31 recently diagnosed patients in two phases to evaluate patient decision aids (DA), which are designed to improve patient knowledge and preparedness so they can make informed decisions about whether or not to participate in a trial. Compares data from rural and urban participants and discusses concerns specific to rural cancer trial participants, including confidence in the healthcare system, willingness to undertake the effort to participate, and access to web-based tools required for participation, among other factors.
...Cancer Clinical Trials Decision Aid for Rural Cancer Patients: A Mixed Methods Approach --- Study examining...
Deadline: Dec 8, 2026
Funding to implement evidence-based strategies to ensure that all Texans benefit from cancer prevention knowledge. Projects will include interventions to reduce cancer risk, disease burden, and cancer disparities and address social determinants that contribute to cancer burden and disparities. Applications must include the delivery of interventions to nonmetropolitan (rural) and/or medically underserved counties in the state.
...cancer prevention knowledge. Projects will include interventions to reduce cancer risk, disease burden, and cancer...
Date: Mar 2017
Reports on the Terminate Lung Cancer (TLC) study, an ongoing program to encourage community awareness about the importance of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in high need areas of Eastern Appalachia Kentucky. Offers recommendations for disseminating information about lung cancer screening for healthcare providers and patients seeking to learn more about LDCT screening.
...Cancer Screening Awareness Campaign in Appalachia Kentucky: The Terminate Lung Cancer (TLC) Study --- Reports on the Terminate...
Date: 2020
Provides an overview of Michigan's cancer burden with data showing cancer rates by race and type of cancer, as well as mortality rates and cancer incidence by county. Includes rural versus urban comparisons of health behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and cancer screenings.
...cancer burden with data showing cancer rates by race and type of cancer, as well...
Reviewed: May 7, 2025
Project ENABLE provides palliative care to patients with serious illness, such as advanced cancer, heart failure, and COPD, and provides support to their caregivers.
...cancer practices: the Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in rural...
Reviewed: Nov 18, 2025
Three rural healthcare organizations and a tertiary cancer center used grant-funding to create a telehealth infrastructure that allowed rural patients access to high-risk and clinical trial-based cancer treatment regimens.
...cancer knowledge and future cancer treatment, according to the National Cancer Institute. Rural site lessons...
Date: Oct 2018
Discusses a study based on post-training surveys from online learning modules providing cancer education for Community Health Aide/Practitioners (CHA/Ps) serving rural Native Alaskan communities. Details CHA/Ps perceptions of the training and how they plan to apply it in their practice.
...Cancer Education Modules Empower Alaska's Community Health Aides/Practitioners to Disseminate Cancer Information and Reduce...