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421. Tailored Approach to Participant Recruitment and Retention to Maximize Health Equity in Pediatric Cancer Research - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzes methods to improve recruitment and retention strategies to promote equity in pediatric cancer research studies. Focuses on using pre-approach, initial connection, building connection, and follow-up strategies to increase participation from Black or African American, Latino/Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, those with low socioeconomic status, and rural populations.

...Cancer Research --- Analyzes methods to improve recruitment and retention strategies to promote equity in pediatric...

422. 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...

423. 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...

424. Active Social Engagement and Health among Older Adults: Assessing Differences by Cancer Survivorship Status - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Evaluates whether recent cancer survivorship affects the relationship between active social engagement and health-related quality of life among older adults, utilizing data from 2,914 survey participants in seven states. Includes data on physical and mental health-related quality of life in rural versus urban populations.

...Cancer Survivorship Status --- Evaluates whether recent cancer survivorship affects the relationship between active social engagement...

425. Surgeon and Care Team Network Measures and Timely Breast Cancer Treatment - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Presents a study exploring patient-sharing network characteristics associated with delays in treatment for breast cancer patients. Discusses factors that affect surgeon and care team patient-sharing networks that can lead to delays in surgeries and post-surgical treatments. Highlights the role rurality plays in the structure and delays within patient-sharing networks.

...Cancer Treatment --- Presents a study exploring patient-sharing network characteristics associated with delays in treatment...

426. State of Geographic Access to Cancer Treatment Trials in the United States: Are Studies Located Where Patients Live? - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Examines disparities in geographic access to cancer clinical trials through an analysis of trial availability at the county level and drive time to reach available trials. Includes data on demographics and other characteristics of high and low access counties, including metropolitan-nonmetropolitan comparisons. Provides color-coded maps showing access at the county and state levels.

...Cancer Treatment Trials in the United States: Are Studies Located Where Patients Live? --- Examines disparities...

427. Advocate-BREAST: Advocates and Patients' Advice to Enhance Breast Cancer Care Delivery, Patient Experience and Patient Centered Research by 2025 - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Examines breast cancer (BC) survivor experiences with BC care delivery, education, and support received. Analyzes 2,437 responses from a 2021 survey of patients in the Mayo Clinic Breast Disease Registry, with data breakdowns of respective patient perspectives, concerns, and symptoms by sociodemographic variables, including rural versus urban location.

...Cancer Care Delivery, Patient Experience and Patient Centered Research by 2025 --- Examines breast cancer (BC) survivor...

428. Forging a New Frontier: Providing Palliative Care to People with Cancer in Rural and Remote Areas - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Shares the results of a literature review examining barriers and challenges related to integrating palliative and cancer care in rural and remote areas.

...Cancer in Rural and Remote Areas --- Shares the results of a literature review examining barriers...

429. Discussions of Cancer Survivorship Care Needs: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities? - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzed 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data to identify rural and urban differences in discussions of cancer survivorship care with their healthcare provider. Includes rural and urban comparisons of predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with survivorship care discussions.

...Cancer Survivorship Care Needs: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities? --- Analyzed 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel...

430. Survival of Patients Diagnosed With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Examines survival rates of cancer patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, using 2015-2021 SEER-21 database data. Includes rural-urban breakdowns, among other demographic and clinical data comparisons.

...Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic --- Examines survival rates of cancer patients before and during...