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Date: 2025
Examines travel burden to surgical cancer care and its relationship to rurality, bypassing of the nearest surgical site, and mortality rates. Analyzes 2016-218 data of 211,025 Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and includes breakdowns for type of cancer, surgery versus no surgery, patient demographics, patient health conditions, travel time, mortality rates, and location of metro, micro, or small town/rural.
...Cancer Treatment for Urban and Rural Oncology Patients --- Examines travel burden to surgical cancer care...
Date: Jun 2016
Analyzes county-specific median arsenic groundwater data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with county-specific lung cancer mortality data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1950 to 1979. Examines associations between arsenic in drinking water and lung cancer. Includes statistics on education, rurality, poverty, income, and other variables.
...cancer mortality data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Date: Jan 2025
Examines associations between hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and breast cancer incidence among rural Arkansas women, utilizing National Air Toxics Assessment and Arkansas Rural Community Health study data. Analyzes breast cancer incidence and exposure to individual pollutants, pollutant mix, and family history of breast cancer.
...cancer incidence and exposure to individual pollutants, pollutant mix, and family history of breast cancer...
Date: Nov 2021
Examines breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Black and White patients as related to the social deprivation index (SDI). Utilizes data from the South Carolina Central Cancer Registry (SCCCR) to analyze 52,803 breast cancer patients between 1996 and 2015. Includes demographic breakdowns of patient data by race, marriage status, tumor grade and year of diagnosis, SDI, living in a Healthcare Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), involvement in the Best Chance Network (BCN), and rural versus urban designation.
...Cancer Patients in South Carolina --- Examines breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Black and White...
Date: Aug 2024
Examines likelihood of receiving guideline-concordant care and risk of mortality for Black patients with colon cancer at Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited hospitals relative to non-CoC accredited hospitals. Utilizes 2019-2020 United States Cancer Statistics database data. Includes data on the association between patient characteristics, including rurality, and attendance at accredited versus nonaccredited hospitals.
...cancer at Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited hospitals relative to non-CoC accredited hospitals. Utilizes...
Reviewed: Aug 2026
Identifies high-risk counties in Arkansas for colorectal, cervical, and female breast cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve early cancer detection and reduce deaths. Estimates expected cases using state demographics, rather than an age-specific nationwide standard.
...cancer using 2009-2013 data to help target areas for cancer screening in order to improve...
Deadline: Sep 23, 2026
Grant for projects supporting transportation and lodging services for Maine cancer patients.
...cancer patients. --- Transportation and Lodging for Cancer Patients John T. Gorman Foundation, Maine Cancer Foundation...
Date: Sep 2015
Highlights the impact of rurality affecting the care of rural cancer patients and healthcare providers treating cancer patients. Discussion includes the availability of cancer specialists, limited transportation services, lower socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, less access to clinical trials, and the shortage of palliative and end-of-life staff and services.
...cancer patients and healthcare providers treating cancer patients. Discussion includes the availability of cancer specialists...
Date: Feb 2017
Reports on a study of a community awareness intervention supporting low dose computed tomography (LDCT) cancer screening in two high-risk regions of Eastern Appalachia Kentucky. Rates of awareness and LDCT screening in the intervention regions were compared to a control region where the intervention had not been implemented.
...Cancer (TLC) Study - A Mixed-Methods Population Approach to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Awareness and Low-Dose...
Added: Feb 2026
Provides data on cancer incidence and mortality by metropolitan or nonmetropolitan dwelling using U.S. Cancer Statistics data. Includes comparisons of lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, female breast, and prostate cancer by rural or urban status.
...Cancers in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties --- Provides data on cancer incidence and mortality by metropolitan...