Website Search Results for: cancer
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Reviewed: Jul 2023
Shares comprehensive cancer control plans for all 50 states, the 6 U.S. affiliated Pacific jurisdictions, Puerto Rico, and several tribes. Outlines how the organizations plan to address cancer in their geographic service area based on the specific needs of the population they serve, including those in rural areas.
...Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans --- Shares comprehensive cancer control plans for all 50 states...
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: Oct 2021
Examines the extent to which rural residents are diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages of disease using data from the 2017 Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry. Presents statistics by patient characteristics including age, race and ethnicity, and health insurance status. Compares results by urban and rural status and by the degree of rurality.
...Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A National Study of the SEER Cancer Registry --- Examines the extent...
Date: Jul 2012
Assesses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Colorectal Cancer Control Program's (CRCCP) use and priorities regarding evidenced-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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 2018
Policy brief focused on rural cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and cancer survivorship. Provides an overview of rural-specific issues related to cancer. Identifies policy options for addressing cancer in rural areas and includes 4 brief case studies.
...Cancer in Rural America --- Policy brief focused on rural cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and cancer...