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411. Low Burden Strategies Are Needed to Reduce Smoking in Rural Healthcare Settings: A Lesson from Cancer Clinics - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Details a study on the effectiveness of an electronic health record-based smoking cessation module in providing cessation services to rural cancer patients. Presents data by patient characteristics, services accessed, and rural versus urban location, among other measures.

...Cancer Clinics --- Details a study on the effectiveness of an electronic health record-based smoking...

412. Methods for Scaling up an Outreach Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Describes a method for scaling up a rural colorectal cancer (CRC) screening outreach program which utilizes mailed fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) and patient navigation. Discusses planning and implementation, including training and evaluation.

...Cancer Screening Rates in Rural Areas --- Describes a method for scaling up a rural colorectal...

413. Expansion of an Academic Molecular Tumor Board to Enhance Access to Biomarker-Driven Trials and Therapies in the Rural Southeastern United States - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Examines access to and availability of molecular tumor boards (MTBs) and comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) to improve cancer outcomes in rural patients. Examines data from 151 patients from rural North Carolina enrolled in a clinical cancer trial and examines cancer types, actionable biomarkers, and provider feedback on barriers to enrollment in patient trial clinicals in rural areas.

...cancer trial and examines cancer types, actionable biomarkers, and provider feedback on barriers to enrollment...

414. Analysis of Suicide After Cancer Diagnosis by US County-Level Income and Rural vs Urban Designation, 2000-2016 - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Study examining suicide risk among 5,362,782 people diagnosed with cancer between January 2000 and December 2016 based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program 18 (SEER 18) data. Analyzes suicide risk based on rural and urban county of residence and other demographic factors.

...Cancer Diagnosis by US County-Level Income and Rural vs Urban Designation, 2000-2016 --- Study...

415. Rural and Urban Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell and Follicular Lymphoma Experience Reduced Overall Survival: A National Cancer Database Study - Resources
Date: Jul 2019

Investigates overall survival (OS) in cancer patients related to geography-based factors. Discusses intersecting lower OS factors including higher rates of poverty, comorbid disease, treatment delay, lack of insurance, and decreased access to specialty care. Patients were classified into rural, urban, and metropolitan segments utilizing Rural – Urban Continuum Codes.

...Cancer Database Study --- Investigates overall survival (OS) in cancer patients related to geography-based factors...

416. Rural-Metropolitan Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Survival: A Statewide Population-based Study - Resources
Date: Jun 2018

Examines rural-urban disparities in ovarian cancer survival rates in Utah. Assesses other factors related to differences in all-cause mortality among participants of this study, including age, weight, and baseline comorbidities.

...Cancer Survival: A Statewide Population-based Study --- Examines rural-urban disparities in ovarian cancer survival...

417. Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening Through a New Model of Delivering Rural Primary Care in the USA: A Qualitative Study - Resources
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...

418. Contrasts in Rural and Urban Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening - Resources
Date: May 2013

Reports the results of a study examining the knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and experiences related to colorectal cancer screening for rural and urban patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

...Cancer Screening --- Reports the results of a study examining the knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and experiences...

419. Colorectal Cancer Burden and Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers in California - Resources
Date: Oct 2015

Examines the geographic variation in late-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer in California compared to distance to a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the poverty level of the patient population, rural residence, and their access to a private vehicle.

...Cancer Burden and Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers in California --- Examines the geographic variation...

420. Using Practice Facilitation to Increase Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers, North Carolina, 2012–2013: Feasibility, Facilitators, and Barriers - Resources
Date: Aug 2017

Pilot study exploring practice facilitation in 3 Federally Qualified Health Centers as a way to promote universal colorectal cancer screening. Features statistics on clinic staffing, number of patients and average age, and number and duration of visits, with breakdowns by rural or urban location.

...Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers, North Carolina, 2012–2013: Feasibility, Facilitators, and Barriers --- Pilot...