Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Apr 2022
Examines if and when primary care clinicians (PCCs) and gastroenterologists (GIs) recommend colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings according to results from a 2019 online survey of 814 PCCs and 159 GIs. Discusses factors such as provider characteristics, number of patients, and practice location, including rural, suburban, or urban. Includes rural versus urban differences in routine CRC screening recommendation practices.
...Cancer Screening Among Average-Risk Patients: Data From a National Survey --- Examines if and when...
Date: Jan 2014
Presents a study of Appalachian colorectal cancer patients diagnosed between 2006-2008 regarding their adherence to treatment guidelines by measuring rates of chemotherapy, lymph node assessment, and radiation treatments. Breaks down results by participants' age and type and severity of comorbidity, as well as several treatment facility factors, such as bed size and surgical volume, among others.
...Cancer Care for Appalachian Residents --- Presents a study of Appalachian colorectal cancer patients diagnosed between...
Date: Apr 2022
Explores the design and implementation of a framework to provide telemedicine cancer care in urban and rural areas of Kentucky. Addresses issues of health disparities and lack of broadband access in geographic areas such as Appalachia. Provides examples of participatory and co-design processes to create telemedicine options and engage communities.
...Cancer Care Through Community Co-Design: Participatory Development Study --- Explores the design and implementation of a framework...
Date: Nov 2012
Details a program to address cervical cancer disparities in rural Hispanic agricultural workers. Addresses specific barriers to preventive screenings, including awareness and knowledge of screening, cultural beliefs, cost, lack of health insurance, transportation, and child care.
...Cancer Disparities in a Rural Hispanic Farmworker Community --- Details a program to address cervical cancer...
Date: Jun 2018
Examines rural-urban disparities in ovarian cancer survival rates in Utah. Assesses other factors related to differences in all-cause mortality among participants of this study, including age, weight, and baseline comorbidities.
...Cancer Survival: A Statewide Population-based Study --- Examines rural-urban disparities in ovarian cancer survival...
Date: Oct 2019
Studies the potential for take-home multitarget stool DNA testing (MT-sDNA) for colorectal cancer to increase access to screening for Alaska Native communities. Discusses barriers to colonoscopy screening, including access to colonoscopy providers and patient resistance to the procedure. Analyzes data from surveys of patients and providers, comparing patient responses based on age and emphasizing acceptability of MT-sDNA among both groups.
...Cancer Screening --- Studies the potential for take-home multitarget stool DNA testing (MT-sDNA) for colorectal...
Date: Jan 2023
Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric cancer care in the United States. Analyzes data from more than 90 million children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) extracted from 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Includes demographic breakdowns of median travel time by race/ethnicity, age, health insurance status, area deprivation index (ADI), U.S. region, and urban, large town, small town, or rural location. Provides maps that show travel time from population centroids of U.S. ZIP code tabulation areas as well as per capita pediatric oncologist supply by Census division and state.
...Cancer Care in the US --- Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric...
Date: Jul 2025
Examines demographic variation in specialty palliative care (PC) use, utilizing data of all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died from poor-prognosis cancers between 2018 and 2023. See Figure 3 for data on associations between rural or urban populations, among other factors, and PC use.
...Cancers --- Examines demographic variation in specialty palliative care (PC) use, utilizing data of all Medicare...
Added: Jul 2022
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on cancer and rural health published in the U.S.
...Cancer Prevention and Treatment --- Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on cancer and rural...
Date: Jun 2014
Examines urban and rural differences among adult women who utilize mammography screenings. Discusses urban–rural disparities in breast cancer treatment and experience.
...cancer treatment and experience. --- Effect of Rurality on Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review...