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421. Purchased/Referred Care and Cancer: Overview and Options for Tribal Consideration - Resources
Date: Jan 2026

Describes the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) program of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and discusses how it functions in the cancer care pathways for Oklahoma tribal communities. Offers recommendations to tribal leaders for working with and alongside the program to improve health outcomes while supporting self-determination. Recommendations discuss tribal governance, collaborations, service delivery models, care coordination, and engaging with federal policymakers.

...Cancer: Overview and Options for Tribal Consideration --- Describes the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) program of the Indian...

422. Cancer-Related Beliefs and Perceptions in Appalachia: Findings from 3 States - Resources
Date: Mar 2019

Highlights a study on the beliefs and perceptions about cancer held by people in Appalachia. Bases conclusions on the results of a survey of rural Appalachian counties in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

...Cancer-Related Beliefs and Perceptions in Appalachia: Findings from 3 States --- Highlights a study on the beliefs...

423. Elevated Colorectal Cancer Incidence among American Indian/Alaska Native Persons in Alaska Compared to Other Populations Worldwide - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Presents the results of a study comparing American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in Alaska for 2018 to CRC rates among tribal and racial populations in other regions of the US, and internationally. Results of this study will be used to inform healthcare organizations about policies and practices supporting CRC screening for the reduction of the disease.

...Cancer Incidence among American Indian/Alaska Native Persons in Alaska Compared to Other Populations Worldwide --- Presents...

424. Differences in Lifestyle Behaviors, Quality of Life, and Access to Healthcare among Rural and Urban Cancer Survivors - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Examines lifestyle behaviors, healthcare access, quality of life, and psychological distress among 188 rural and 242 urban cancer survivors. Discusses rural-urban differences in obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, factors influencing access to care, and more.

...Cancer Survivors --- Examines lifestyle behaviors, healthcare access, quality of life, and psychological distress among 188 rural...

425. Disparities in the Utilization of Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer in Rural Nebraska: A Call for Placement and Training of Rural General Surgeons - Resources
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...

426. 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...

427. 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...

428. Legal-Involved Veterans Are Less Likely to Receive Guideline-Concordant Colorectal Cancer Screening - Resources
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...

429. Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in the United States - Mexico Border Region - Resources
Date: 2014

Discusses the effects of an intervention delivered by community health workers (CHWs), or Promotores de Salud, on cervical cancer screening rates for Hispanic women in the rural border area of New Mexico who were out of compliance with the recommended screening guidelines.

...Cancer Screening in the United States - Mexico Border Region --- Discusses the effects of an intervention...

430. Palliative Care Specialist Use Among Medicare Decedents Who Had Poor-Prognosis Cancers - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Examines demographic variation in specialty palliative care (PC) use, utilizing data of all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died from poor-prognosis cancers between 2018 and 2023. See Figure 3 for data on associations between rural or urban populations, among other factors, and PC use.

...Cancers --- Examines demographic variation in specialty palliative care (PC) use, utilizing data of all Medicare...