Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Jun 2014
Examines urban and rural differences among adult women who utilize mammography screenings. Discusses urban–rural disparities in breast cancer treatment and experience.
...cancer treatment and experience. --- Effect of Rurality on Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review...
Date: Jan 2014
Presents a study of Appalachian colorectal cancer patients diagnosed between 2006-2008 regarding their adherence to treatment guidelines by measuring rates of chemotherapy, lymph node assessment, and radiation treatments. Breaks down results by participants' age and type and severity of comorbidity, as well as several treatment facility factors, such as bed size and surgical volume, among others.
...Cancer Care for Appalachian Residents --- Presents a study of Appalachian colorectal cancer patients diagnosed between...
Date: Nov 2013
Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how individuals with public or no insurance and low-incomes in rural North Carolina value different aspects of colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings. Includes statistics on DCE participants, such as education, income, employment, insurance, assistance needed with written materials, and agreement on CRC screening attributes.
...Cancer: Results from a Rural Community Intervention --- Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment...
Date: Oct 2013
Describes a study of correlations between levels of health literacy and urbanicity based on a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients in Wisconsin. Compares data from rural and urban populations and controls for socioeconomic status.
...Cancer Patients --- Describes a study of correlations between levels of health literacy and urbanicity based...
Date: Jun 2013
Describes a study based on interviews from 2009-2010 with rural Floridians about their knowledge of mouth and throat cancer (MTC), including risk factors, signs and symptoms, and about MTC generally. Resulting data is broken down by race, sex, and educational attainment, among others.
...Cancer Among Rural Floridians --- Describes a study based on interviews from 2009-2010 with rural...
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...
Date: Mar 2013
Examines if disparities exist between rural and urban residents receiving prostate cancer treatment. Includes statistics for treatment types by age at diagnosis, race/ethnicity, comorbidities, insurance, and rurality.
...Cancer: Examining Trends in Rural and Nonrural Areas in Wisconsin --- Examines if disparities exist between...
Date: May 2013
Describes how telecolposcopy services can fill a gap in healthcare by increasing access to cervical cancer screenings for rural women in Arkansas. Includes implications for models for improving access to care using telemedicine.
...Cancer Screening to Bridge Medicaid Service Care Gap for Rural Women --- Describes how telecolposcopy services...
Date: Nov 2025
Analyzes rates at which tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) is provided to veterans who use tobacco and were referred for lung cancer screening (LCS) at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and associated clinics in the upper Midwest between September 2022 and September 2023. Breaks down clinical and demographic factors associated with TDT use, including rurality.
...Cancer Screening: An Observational Cohort Study --- Analyzes rates at which tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) is provided...
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...