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411. Redefining Rurality: Adopting an Identity-Based and Community-Engaged Approach to Defining Rural Cancer Disparities - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses how rural definitions influence cancer disparities research via an examination of perspectives originally presented at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2024 conference. Details limitations and inconsistencies in current rural definitions and highlights the value of community-based participatory research and identity-based approaches to rurality.

...Cancer Disparities --- Discusses how rural definitions influence cancer disparities research via an examination of perspectives...

412. Impact of Rural Location on Receipt of Standard of Care Treatment and Survival for Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer in Louisiana - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Examines whether rural or urban dwelling affects odds of receiving standard of care (SOC) treatment and survival outcomes among 983 locally advanced bladder cancer patients in Louisiana. Utilizes 2010-2020 Louisiana Tumor Registry data.

...Cancer Medicine, 13(12), e7301 06/2024 Cancer · Healthcare quality · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care...

413. Rural-Urban Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival and Risk among Men in Utah: A Statewide Population-Based Study - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Assesses rural-urban disparities in risk factors associated with changes in colorectal cancer (CRC) survival among males in a statewide Utah study. Discusses risk factors such as diagnosis at older ages, overweight, and smoking. Includes demographic breakdowns according to race, ethnicity, age, and educational level, among others.

...Cancer Causes Control, 31(3), 241-253 03/2020 Cancer · Health disparities · Men · Rural-urban differences...

414. Coumaphos Exposure and Incident Cancer among Male Participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) - Resources
Date: Jan 2010

Details a study on prostate cancer in farmers exposed to coumaphos, a livestock insecticide, in Iowa and North Carolina. Breaks down data by age, smoking history, and alcohol consumption, among other factors.

...Cancer among Male Participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) --- Details a study on prostate...

415. Geospatial Analysis of Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Access to Screening in Rural and Appalachian Virginia - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Assesses differences in breast cancer rates and mortality between Appalachian and non-Appalachian counties, and rural and nonrural counties in Virginia. Also explores whether availability of mammography is associated with differences. Features county-level Virginia maps, and statistics with breakdowns by Virginia counties, rural counties, and nonrural counties.

...Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Access to Screening in Rural and Appalachian Virginia --- Assesses differences in breast...

416. Residence in a Rural Setting is Associated with Lower Five-Year Survival Rates in Patients that Undergo Spine Surgery for Breast Cancer Metastatic to the Spine: A Propensity Matched Analysis - Resources
Date: Apr 2026

Compares rural and urban mortality among breast cancer patients who underwent spine surgery, using 2006-2015 SEER data of 865 female patients.

...Cancer Metastatic to the Spine: A Propensity Matched Analysis --- Compares rural and urban mortality among...

417. Primary Care Providers Experiences Implementing Low-Dose Computed Tomography Recommendations for Lung Cancer Screening - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Identifies factors affecting implementation of lung cancer screening programs in rural areas as discussed in interviews with 15 primary care providers practicing in rural Oregon. Factors discussed include clinic workflows, communication practices, patient access to screening, costs, share decision-making, and clinic screening "champions."

...Cancer Screening --- Identifies factors affecting implementation of lung cancer screening programs in rural areas as discussed...

418. Cervical Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Patients During Natural Disasters and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 2016 to 2020 - Resources
Date: 2021

Evaluates the ability of healthcare providers to conduct cervical cancer screenings in Puerto Rico during the aftermath of a natural disaster. Compares rates of screening from January of 2016 to June of 2020 and correlates those rates with hurricanes Irma and Maria, the 2019-2020 earthquakes, and the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.

...Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Patients During Natural Disasters and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto...

419. Geographic, Racial, and Sex Disparities in Time to Treatment for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer - Resources
Date: Mar 2026

Research letter analyzes how timely treatment initiation differs among adults with early-onset colorectal cancer by four levels of rurality, sex, and race/ethnicity, using 2006-2020 SEER Program data.

...Cancer --- Research letter analyzes how timely treatment initiation differs among adults with early-onset colorectal...

420. Demographic and Geographic Heterogeneity in Tongue Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1999–2020 - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Analyzes trends in tongue cancer mortality rates by sex, race or ethnicity, rurality, and more, using 1999-2020 CDC WONDER data. See Table 1 and Figure 1 for rural-urban comparison data.

...Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1999–2020 --- Analyzes trends in tongue cancer mortality rates...