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Date: Oct 2021
Discusses the establishment of the Virginia Living Well (VALW) registry in 2018 and the methodology involved to include rural and underrepresented populations in cancer research through community outreach. Includes county-level maps of cancer data in Virginia as well as demographic data on VALW participants broken down by employment, income, insurance status, cancer screening frequency, race, rural versus urban, and more.
...cancer research through community outreach. Includes county-level maps of cancer data in Virginia as well...
Date: 2018
Examines Utah Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) data to describe smoking-adjusted lung cancer rates between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties by indoor radon levels, sex, and cancer stage. Compares lung cancer rates between Utah and all SEER sites. Includes statistics of nonmetropolitan and metropolitan Utah counties by smoking prevalence, education, income, and more.
...cancer rates between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties by indoor radon levels, sex, and cancer stage...
Date: Aug 2017
Identifies counties in the U.S. with higher rates of lung cancer mortality and related community-level factors, including rurality, socioeconomic status, level of particulate matter pollution, and access to healthcare. Includes a map showing lung cancer mortality clusters and a "lung cancer mortality belt" from eastern Oklahoma through central Appalachia.
...cancer mortality clusters and a "lung cancer mortality belt" from eastern Oklahoma through central Appalachia...
Date: Dec 2024
Examines breast cancer screening and mortality among rural and urban Utahns, utilizing Utah Population Database data for breast cancer patients diagnosed from 1998 to 2017 and matched controls. Provides rural-urban comparisons of cancer stage at diagnosis, first-course treatment received, risk of death based on mammograms received in the last 3 years, and other clinical and demographic comparisons.
...Cancer Survival --- Examines breast cancer screening and mortality among rural and urban Utahns, utilizing Utah...
Added: Oct 2025
Discusses results of interviews with patient navigators and team members from 8 research projects to identify facilitators, barriers, and adaptations for delivering patient navigation services for colorectal cancer screenings. Studied projects included Federally Qualified Health Centers, rurally located health facilities, and Indian Health Service clinics. Notes rural-specific challenges and adaptations for patient navigation.
...Cancer Screening and Follow‐up: Findings from the Accelerating Colorectal Cancer Screening and Follow‐up Through...
Reviewed: Jan 2026
Provides interactive Iowa cancer data on 48 specific zones, made up by combining county data. Includes state versus zone data comparisons, as well as cancer data presented by time period, type of cancer, sex, race/ethnicity, education, poverty, insurance status, and percentage living in a rural area.
...Cancer Zones Map --- Provides interactive Iowa cancer data on 48 specific zones, made up by combining...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
In addition to information from federal agencies, a Missouri cardiologist reviews the science behind what often seems to be mixed messages concerning alcohol use and its impact on health and well-being - The Rural Monitor
...cancers, like breast cancer in women. Alcohol and Its Link to Breast Cancer The CDC provides...
Date: 2025
Reports on cancer care access in Georgia, providing an overview of testimony from organizations, agencies, and providers involved with cancer care and offering policy recommendations to improve access to quality cancer care and improve the supply of the oncology care workforce in the state. Discusses rural areas throughout.
...Cancer Care Access: Final Report --- Reports on cancer care access in Georgia, providing an overview...
Date: Aug 2022
Examines the relationship between cancer survival and Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by sex, race and ethnicity, poverty level, and rurality. Utilizes the Cancer Incidence in North America (CiNA) Survival dataset to analyze 2, 555 ,302 patients diagnosed with cancer to see pre-ACA and post-ACA survival rates.
...Cancer Patients --- Examines the relationship between cancer survival and Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care...
Date: Nov 2025
Details an open-access Rural-Urban Community Area (RUCA) tool to standardize patients' geographic coding in cancer disparities research by integrating RUCA codes with census tract and electronic health record system data. Provides data on the tool's application, utilizing 2023 cancer registry data provided by Wake Forest Cancer Center in North Carolina.
...cancer registry data provided by Wake Forest Cancer Center in North Carolina. --- Leveraging the Rural...