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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: 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 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 2025
Discusses the Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP), a cancer prevention initiative focused on addressing cancer burdens through partnerships with North Carolina's tribal nations and urban Indian organizations. Details SAICEP's current initiative to encourage youth cancer prevention advocacy, including strategies related to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, tobacco use reduction, and sun safety.
...Cancer Prevention --- Discusses the Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP), a cancer prevention...
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: 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: 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: 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: Jan 2025
Utilizes the multi-constraint Monte Carlo simulation method to analyze cancer counts in population subgroups from the county level to ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs). Utilizes 2016-2020 Utah Cancer Registry data to show cancer incidence by ZCTA. Discusses the importance of precision in cancer data reporting across the rural-urban continuum.
...Cancer Registry data to show cancer incidence by ZCTA. Discusses the importance of precision in cancer...
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...