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41. The Rural Virtual Infusion Program - Models & Innovations
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...

42. Identifying Community Perspectives for a Lung Cancer Screening Awareness Campaign in Appalachia Kentucky: The Terminate Lung Cancer (TLC) Study - Resources
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...

43. Exploring Disparities in Post-Cancer Treatment Instructions: An Analysis of Rural vs. Urban Breast Cancer Survivors in Missouri using BRFSS Data - Resources
Date: Dec 2024

Examines receipt of post-cancer treatment summary and follow-up instructions among rural and urban breast cancer survivors in Missouri, utilizing Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cancer Survivorship Module data for 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. Provides data breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural setting.

...Cancer Treatment Instructions: An Analysis of Rural vs. Urban Breast Cancer Survivors in Missouri using...

44. Chronic Disease in Rural America Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Mar 27, 2026

Provides resources and information on the impact of chronic disease in rural areas, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. Highlights specific chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, arthritis, HIV/AIDS, and obesity.

...cancer, see Are particular parts of the country more prone to cancer? on the Cancer...

45. Mind Your BEAT - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 7, 2026

Mind Your BEAT is a culturally adapted, community-based intervention to promote physical activity and reduce psychosocial distress among rural cancer survivors in northeast Texas.

...cancer survivors in northeast Texas. --- Mind Your BEAT Summary Need: Rural cancer survivors report lower...

46. Breast Density Knowledge and Willingness to Delay Treatment for Pre-Operative Breast Cancer Imaging Among Women with a Personal History of Breast Cancer - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Examines women's knowledge related to breast density and cancer diagnoses and how that impacts their decision to undergo pre-operative imaging. Utilizes Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) data to analyze breast density knowledge and concern, clinical characteristics, and odds of being willing to delay treatment for additional testing. Includes demographic data on patients' breast density exam results, including rural versus urban location.

...Cancer Imaging Among Women with a Personal History of Breast Cancer --- Examines women's knowledge...

47. Measuring and Addressing Health Equity: An Assessment of Cancer Center Designation Requirements - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Examines equity structures, processes, and outcomes in cancer center endorsements and their relationship to high-quality cancer care for all populations. Discusses cancer health disparities related to socioeconomic and insurance status, racial/ethnic groups, medically underserved populations, and rural populations. Describes how endorsing bodies can incorporate health equity requirements in cancer care for these groups.

...Cancer Center Designation Requirements --- Examines equity structures, processes, and outcomes in cancer center endorsements and their...

48. Spatial Patterns in Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality in Pennsylvania Using Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Data, 2004–2014 - Resources
Date: May 2020

Analyzes data from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry between 2004 and 2014 to examine the mortality risk of prostate cancer for men aged 40 or older living in rural and urban Appalachian areas in Pennsylvania.

...Cancer-Specific Mortality in Pennsylvania Using Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Data, 2004–2014 --- Analyzes data from...

49. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Declines in Cancer Incidence by Race/Ethnicity and Census-Tract Level SES, Rurality, and Persistent Poverty Status - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Examines the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening, treatment, incidence, and disparities among different population groups. Utilizes U.S. National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data to compare 2020 and 2015-2019 incidence rates at 13 different cancer sites. Analyzes various cancer types across sociodemographic variables, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, persistent poverty (PP), and rural versus urban location.

...cancer screening, treatment, incidence, and disparities among different population groups. Utilizes U.S. National Cancer Institute...

50. Rural-Urban Differences in Financial Burden among Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Analyzes 2012, 2014, and 2017 data from the National Cancer Institute's Health Information and National Trends Survey to determine differences in reported financial problems due to cancer in rural and urban populations. Table 1 provides a rural and urban comparison on several demographic and cancer characteristics, including sex, age, marital status, race and ethnicity, income, insurance status, and several factors related to cancer treatment.

...cancer treatment. --- Rural-Urban Differences in Financial Burden among Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of a Nationally...