Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Oct 2024
Examines disparities in geographic access to cancer clinical trials through an analysis of trial availability at the county level and drive time to reach available trials. Includes data on demographics and other characteristics of high and low access counties, including metropolitan-nonmetropolitan comparisons. Provides color-coded maps showing access at the county and state levels.
...Cancer Treatment Trials in the United States: Are Studies Located Where Patients Live? --- Examines disparities...
Date: Dec 2024
Discusses a community needs assessment (CNA) in Kentucky that addresses cancer incidence and mortality in the state. Reports on feedback from 162 people and presents a concept map focused on health behaviors, education, access, cultural beliefs, and risk factors, including those specific to rural and Appalachian areas.
...Cancer Needs --- Discusses a community needs assessment (CNA) in Kentucky that addresses cancer incidence and mortality...
Date: Jul 2015
Reports on a study to determine the awareness and attitudes of 10 rural and urban primary healthcare providers in New Mexico (8 practicing in Federally Qualified Health Centers) who use low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) when screening high-risk, underserved minority populations for lung cancer.
...cancer. --- Attitudes and Beliefs of Primary Care Providers in New Mexico About Lung Cancer Screening...
Date: 2025
Explores barriers to clinical trial participation for older cancer survivors living in rural areas. Utilizes semi-structured interviews to discuss challenges such as lack of transportation, limited communication with providers, age, and more.
...Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study --- Explores barriers to clinical trial participation for older cancer survivors...
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...
Date: Oct 2025
Analyzes trends in pancreatic cancer mortality by demographic group, utilizing 1999-2023 CDC WONDER data. Includes data comparisons between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, among other factors.
...Cancer Mortality among US Adults, 1999–2023 --- Analyzes trends in pancreatic cancer mortality by demographic...
Date: Jan 2026
Results of a study comparing clinical outcomes for colon cancer patients based on the number of census tracts per ZIP code that were in persistent poverty at the time of diagnosis. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
...Cancer Living in Neighborhoods With Persistent Poverty --- Results of a study comparing clinical outcomes for colon...
Date: Feb 2026
Compares Merkel cell carcinoma survival outcomes among rural and urban patients using 2010-2021 SEER data. Discusses the role of access barriers on cancer mortality among rural populations.
...Cancer Institute, a SEER Based Study --- Compares Merkel cell carcinoma survival outcomes among rural and urban...
Date: Dec 2025
Examines prostate cancer mortality trends among men in the United States. Utilizes 1999-2023 CDC WONDER data to examine prostate deaths according to demographics, census region, and metro versus nonmetro location.
...Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1999–2023: An Analysis of the CDC WONDER Database...
Date: Mar 2026
Research letter analyzes how timely treatment initiation differs among adults with early-onset colorectal cancer by four levels of rurality, sex, and race/ethnicity, using 2006-2020 SEER Program data.
...Cancer --- Research letter analyzes how timely treatment initiation differs among adults with early-onset colorectal...