Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Mar 29, 2026
Describes long distances to cancer treatment common in rural areas and how one Texas medical facility added the service in a small community. Discusses challenges in attracting oncologists to rural facilities and offering access to more modern, advanced treatments. Source: CNN.
...Cancer Patients Face Tall Hurdles to Get Care --- Describes long distances to cancer treatment common...
Date: Sep 2015
Reports on a study examining the geographic distribution and resulting disparities of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening resources and CRC outcomes in rural and urban Mississippi.
...Cancer in Mississippi --- Reports on a study examining the geographic distribution and resulting disparities of colorectal...
Date: May 2015
Examines demographic and clinical characteristics associated with receiving a laparoscopic colectomy and a rural versus urban analysis of patients who received either a laparoscopic or an open colectomy procedure in rural Nebraska. Includes data for both surgical procedures by insurance payer, cancer location and stage at diagnosis, sex, and marital status, among others.
...Cancer in Rural Nebraska: A Call for Placement and Training of Rural General Surgeons --- Examines...
Date: Mar 2025
Research letter examining cervical cancer incidence and mortality among rural and urban women, utilizing 2001-2019 NPCR-SEER data. Includes additional data breakdowns by race and ethnicity.
...Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among US Women --- Research letter examining cervical cancer incidence and mortality...
Date: Mar 2017
Results of a study conducted in Nebraska, to explore ways in which colorectal cancer screening can be promoted by rural primary care clinics participating in an Accountable Care Organization. Features statistics including participants' sex, job, and breakdowns by three levels of rurality.
...Cancer Screening Through a New Model of Delivering Rural Primary Care in the USA: A Qualitative...
Date: Mar 2025
Examines rates of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) for veterans who are legal-involved. Provides Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health record data on CRC for veterans who are and who are not legal-involved, with further breakdowns by demographic variables, such as rurality.
...Cancer Screening --- Examines rates of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) for veterans who are legal...
Date: Jul 2015
Analyzes and compares the effect of geographic distance and access to a mammography healthcare facility on late detection of breast cancer diagnosis in women residing in rural and urban Missouri.
...Cancer Diagnosis in Missouri --- Analyzes and compares the effect of geographic distance and access to a mammography...
Date: Sep 2025
Examines demographic factors associated with increased influenza- and pneumonia-related mortality in lung cancer patients, utilizing 1999-2022 CDC WONDER data. Includes data and discussion of rural-urban mortality disparities.
...Cancer Patients from 1999 to 2022: A Retrospective CDC WONDER Analysis --- Examines demographic factors associated...
Date: Apr 2023
Offers surveillance data for cervical cancer in Arkansas. Discusses risk factors, screening recommendations, mortality, vaccination, and Arkansas-specific trends over time. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
...Cancer in Arkansas Update --- Offers surveillance data for cervical cancer in Arkansas. Discusses risk factors...
Date: Feb 2015
Presents an analysis of a survey of low-income uninsured patients in rural and urban areas who received financial help for a colonoscopy in a primary care clinic to identify any significant relationships between limited health literacy, communication skills, and adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
...cancer screening guidelines. --- The Role of Health Literacy and Communication Habits on Previous Colorectal Cancer...