Website Search Results for: cancer
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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...
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: Mar 2023
Explores the connection between rurality and travel time to receive treatment for rare cancers. Breaks down data by patient characteristics, such as age and rurality, among other measures. Compares rare cancers with common cancers and by treatment type.
...cancers with common cancers and by treatment type. --- The Interaction of Rurality and Rare Cancers...
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...
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...
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...
Date: Oct 2022
A guide for cancer control and prevention in Missouri. Details 4 main goals with topics relating to cancer diagnosis, patient healthcare decisions, survivor quality of life, and how cancer disrupts life. Includes goals and objectives focusing on health equity and eliminating cancer disparities such as those seen in rural areas of the state.
...Cancer Action Plan: 2021-2025 --- A guide for cancer control and prevention in Missouri. Details...
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...
Date: Sep 2017
Examines geographic access to National Cancer Institute cancer centers with breakdowns by age group, race/ethnicity, education level, income level, and rurality. Discusses differences for rural populations and Native Americans.
...Cancer Institute Cancer Center Facilities --- Examines geographic access to National Cancer Institute cancer centers with...
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...