Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Aug 2024
Examines if there is a presence of health disparities when comparing rural and urban breast and lung cancer patients in Georgia. Analyzes survival rates and clinical trial enrollments at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC), providing rural versus urban descriptive statistics.
...cancer patients in Georgia. Analyzes survival rates and clinical trial enrollments at a Comprehensive Cancer...
Date: Nov 20, 2024
Discusses disparities in cancer mortality between White and Hispanic residents of Arizona. Highlights efforts to increase cancer screenings in rural and border communities. Discusses barriers to healthcare including cultural disconnect, stigma, lack of trust in the healthcare system, and being uninsured. Source: Cronkite News.
...Cancer Can Affect Anyone. But Hispanics Face Disproportionately Severe Outcomes --- Discusses disparities in cancer mortality...
Date: Apr 2023
Examines the facilitators of lung cancer screening initiation and retention in mostly Black and rural areas of Alabama. Provides feedback from 58 interviews with people who had a lung cancer screening between December 2019 and January 2022. Includes data on patient demographics, reasons for being screened, and intention to screen annually.
...Cancer Screening Initiation and Retention in Rural Alabama --- Examines the facilitators of lung cancer screening...
Date: Nov 2020
Investigates the relationship between rurality and access to low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening. Includes county-level maps for Missouri and Illinois, with data on LDCT access, lung cancer deaths per 100,000 people, and prevalence of adult smoking.
...Cancer Screening in Missouri and Illinois --- Investigates the relationship between rurality and access to low-dose...
Date: Jun 2024
Compares the association of breast cancer mortality with neighborhood deprivation among Black and White women in Georgia who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2010 and 2017. Measures deprivation via the Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI), utilizing 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) data. Provides additional data breakdowns by level of rurality, neighborhood racial composition, and neighborhood residential mobility.
...Cancer Mortality Among Black and White Women --- Compares the association of breast cancer mortality with...
Date: Sep 2020
Details a study on the relationship between social support, leisure-time physical activity, and psychological distress among rural and urban cancer survivors. Breaks down data by age, gender, and cancer type, among other measures.
...cancer survivors. Breaks down data by age, gender, and cancer type, among other measures. --- View...
Date: May 2022
Results of a cross-sectional study of 3,659,417 cancer patients, using an epidemiological assessment of 1975-2011 data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by type of cancer, race or ethnicity, and urban or rural location.
...Cancers: 1975-2011 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) --- Results of a cross-sectional study...
Date: 2022
Highlights discussions from a virtual workshop focused on improving cancer diagnosis. Includes information on addressing disparities in diagnosis and access to care, including disparities for rural populations. Features a cancer screening and diagnosis program serving rural Appalachia, describing the challenges faced and strategies used, including the use of a mobile screening unit.
...Cancer Diagnosis Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief --- Highlights discussions from a virtual workshop focused...
Date: Jul 2024
Analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cancer patients' care experiences and mental health. Utilizes interview data from 15 rural Maryland patients who received a cancer diagnosis or treatment between January 2020 and October 2022. Discusses access to care, consistency of care, telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more.
...Cancer Care during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study --- Analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic's impact...
Date: Feb 2024
Explores loneliness as a driver of negative health outcomes among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breaks down data by age, cancer type, living situation, and rural versus urban location, among other measures.
...cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breaks down data by age, cancer type, living...