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Date: Jul 2017
Provides a comprehensive assessment of cancer incidence and deaths by cancer type in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties. Includes rural-urban data by sex, age, cancer site, and other demographic factors. Discusses cancer risk factor prevalence and evidence-based interventions.
...cancer incidence and deaths by cancer type in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties. Includes rural-urban...
Date: Apr 2018
Summarizes the workshop events and discussion to examine the progress made in cancer survivorship care since the From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition report. Includes information on reaching rural cancer survivors and innovative examples of providing survivorship care in a rural setting. Report is free to access after providing an email address.
...cancer survivorship care since the From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition report...
Date: Nov 2015
Explores associations between access to mammography services at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and breast cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios in every county in the United States using 2006-2010 data from the National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profile. Figure 1 illustrates FQHCs and breast cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios.
...Cancer Institute State Cancer Profile. Figure 1 illustrates FQHCs and breast cancer mortality-to-incidence...
Date: Aug 4, 2026
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer has added a new accreditation category for rural hospitals with the goal of improving healthcare quality and outcomes for cancer patients. Notes that there are fewer accredited hospitals and less access to specialty care in rural areas. Source: PR Newswire.
...Cancer Care Gaps Through New American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accreditation Category --- The American...
Date: Feb 2019
Study examining breast cancer diagnosis among postmenopausal women, comparing rural and urban residence in relation to stage of cancer diagnosis. Discusses social support and social strain as factors affecting cancer screening. Provides data drawn from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) on clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of 7,120 women diagnosed with breast cancer using Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes to identify rural and urban residence.
...Cancer Diagnosis Among Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative --- Study examining breast cancer diagnosis...
Date: Oct 2007
Brief overview of findings from a study to determine how far rural and urban colorectal cancer (CRC) patients travel to three types of specialty cancer care services: surgery, medical oncology consultation, and radiation oncology consultation.
...Cancer Services for Rural Colorectal Cancer Patients --- Brief overview of findings from a study to determine...
Date: Dec 2024
Analyzes genitourinary (GU) cancer incidence and mortality in rural and urban Pennsylvania counties. Utilizes 1990-2019 Pennsylvania Cancer Registry data, examining rural and urban changes in GU cancer over time, with data breakdowns for prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers.
...Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Pennsylvania: 1990–2019 --- Analyzes genitourinary (GU) cancer incidence and mortality...
Date: May 2021
Report highlights rates of cervical, colorectal, and female breast cancer in Montana. Details rates of colorectal cancer in men and women, rates of colorectal cancer, and rates of cancer screening. Includes breakdowns of data by public health region.
...cancer in men and women, rates of colorectal cancer, and rates of cancer screening. Includes...
Date: Jan 2020
Discusses the utility of geographic information systems software (ArcGIS) with public health data to inform resource allocation and public health interventions for cancer control planning. Provides step-by-step guidance for developing a bivariate choropleth map (map of two variables) using county data from South Carolina's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for cervical cancer screening, and data on the availability of cervical cancer screening providers in South Carolina's Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
...cancer screening, and data on the availability of cervical cancer screening providers in South Carolina...
Date: Jun 2016
Analyzes breast cancer incidence data from the Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center from 2003 to 2008 to determine the stage of breast cancer presentation by race and geography for all 115 counties in Missouri. Includes cancer stage diagnosis data by race and metro versus nonmetro status.
...cancer incidence data from the Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center from 2003 to 2008 to determine...