Website Search Results for: cancer
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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: Mar 2024
Examines how issues such as rural identity, attitudes toward rurality, and health beliefs impact rural cancer survivors' well-being. Utilizes survey data from 188 cancer survivors to discuss the relationship between sociocultural factors and quality of life, cancer fatalism, cancer information overload, rural identity and perceptions, and more.
...cancer survivors' well-being. Utilizes survey data from 188 cancer survivors to discuss the relationship...
Date: Mar 2022
Examines health disparities in supportive cancer care based on data from 326 rural and urban Midwestern cancer patients from November 2017 to May 2018. Includes participant data broken down by rurality, age, sex, race, marital status, insurance status, and related cancer diagnosis. Discusses closures of healthcare services and limited resources in rural areas and their impact on healthcare access for cancer patients.
...cancer care based on data from 326 rural and urban Midwestern cancer patients from November...
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: Apr 2022
A compilation of Preventing Chronic Disease articles related to cancer screenings published between 2020 and 2022. Covers issues such as colorectal, breast, lung, and cervical cancer; cancer screening disparities in minority groups; and rural versus urban cancer screening disparities, among other topics.
...cancer; cancer screening disparities in minority groups; and rural versus urban cancer screening disparities, among...
Date: Feb 2024
Provides an overview of the Chickahominy T.R.U.T.H. Project, a community–academic partnership between the Virginia Chickahominy Indian Tribe and Virginia Commonwealth University. Designed to investigate perceived cancer risk in Charles City County, Virginia; assess cancer knowledge, care access gaps, and perceived risks; and develop culturally tailored cancer education and resource navigation. Based on data from 50 in-person interviews and water tests near an area with significantly elevated cancer incidence rates.
...cancer risk in Charles City County, Virginia; assess cancer knowledge, care access gaps, and perceived...
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: Aug 2025
Examines lung cancer incidence and mortality across rural and urban populations. Utilizes National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data to analyzes rural versus urban disparities in lung cancer, with further breakdowns according to demographic variables.
...Cancer: An International Interdisciplinary Journal of the American Cancer Society, 131(15) 08/2025 Cancer · Health...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Dashboard providing maps and graphs of county-level colorectal cancer (CRC) data from a variety of sources. Includes data on CRC incidence, mortality, screening, obesity, tobacco use, age groups, educational attainment, poverty, and race and ethnicity. Also allows mapping of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers, Commission on Cancer-accredited hospitals, and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
...Cancer Centers, Commission on Cancer-accredited hospitals, and Federally Qualified Health Centers. --- Colorectal Cancer Data...
Deadline: Feb 25, 2026
Grants for evidence-based interventions to increase the number of and/or improve the quality of cancer screening in Maine. Screenings include those for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, prostate, and skin cancer. Rural populations are a priority.
...cancer. Rural populations are a priority. --- Maine Cancer Screening Grants This funding record is inactive...