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Date: Jul 2012
Assesses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Colorectal Cancer Control Program's (CRCCP) use and priorities regarding evidence-based approaches to encourage and promote preventive screening. Includes information on patient demographics, rural or urban location, and the quality of screening resources available. Figure 1 identifies priority needs for information resources about colorectal cancer screening by population.
...Cancer Screening: Current Use and Gap Areas in CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program --- Assesses...
Date: Oct 12, 2026
Two recent studies by American Cancer Society (ACS) scientists found that survival and mortality disparities between rural and urban women with breast cancer have widened over time. Results showed that women in small metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas experienced worse breast cancer survival rates than women in large metropolitan areas. Source: American Cancer Society.
...Cancer American Cancer Society Two recent studies by American Cancer Society (ACS) scientists found that...
Date: Jul 2026
Examines rural versus urban disparities in cardiovascular (CVD) death among cancer patients. Utilizes 1990-2017 data from 2,022,482 cancer patients and provides data breakdowns according to mortality, rural versus urban location, and cause of death. Discusses non-cancer and CVD death burden in cancer patients living in rural areas.
...Cancer Patients --- Examines rural versus urban disparities in cardiovascular (CVD) death among cancer patients. Utilizes...
Date: Dec 2015
Highlights a study on a cancer screening model implemented on the Hopi reservation in Arizona. Evaluates the effectiveness of the Hopi Cancer Support Services' efforts in maintaining breast and cervical cancer screenings and increasing colorectal cancer screening among Hopi women.
...Cancer Support Services' efforts in maintaining breast and cervical cancer screenings and increasing colorectal cancer...
Date: Feb 2025
Reports on the activities, results, and administration of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Prevention Program since 2010. Discusses CPRIT initiatives related to cancer screening and prevention in rural and Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) throughout. See Appendices G and H for case studies on rural youth cancer prevention and cancer public health response in predominantly rural areas.
...cancer prevention and cancer public health response in predominantly rural areas. --- The Cancer Prevention and Research...
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: Jan 2019
Describes a partnership between the American Cancer Society and a system of community health centers in New Orleans and 7 rural locations in south central Texas, for the purpose of promoting interventions to increase rates of colorectal cancer screening. Examines strategies for reaching diverse, underserved populations and increasing community demand, community access, and provider delivery of services by using electronic health records to track screenings.
...Cancer Society and Community Health Centers Partner to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening --- Describes a partnership...
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: 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: 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...