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421. Rural vs Urban Residence Affects Risk-Appropriate Colorectal Cancer Screening - Resources
Date: May 2013

Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers, and other geographic factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and adherence to CRC screening in Utah. Figure 1 illustrates travel time to the nearest colonoscopy provider and Table 1 lists the demographic characteristics by rural versus urban residence.

...Cancer Screening --- Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers...

422. 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...

423. Use of Cancer Screening Tests, United States, 2023 - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Examines use of screening tests for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer (CRC). Utilizes 2023 National Health Interview Survey data to analyze percentage of adults who are up-to-date with screening recommendations according to age, sociodemographics, healthcare usage, and large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium/small metropolitan, or nonmetropolitan location.

...Cancer Screening Tests, United States, 2023 --- Examines use of screening tests for breast, cervical, and colorectal...

424. Shared and Unshared Barriers to Cancer Symptom Management Among Urban and Rural American Indians - Resources
Date: Apr 2014

Reports on a 5-year study measuring cancer symptom management in both rural and urban American Indian (AI) populations in the southwestern U.S. Separates findings into shared barriers, such as transportation and lack of support services, and unshared barriers, such as cultural beliefs about treatment and language differences, between rural and urban groups.

...Cancer Symptom Management Among Urban and Rural American Indians --- Reports on a 5-year study...

425. Impact of Social Vulnerability on Comorbid Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Examines racial and social disparities as related to cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Utilizes 2015-2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database to analyze mortality rates and 2014-2018 data from the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to estimate the respective county-level social vulnerability index (SVI). Includes demographic breakdowns of mortality rates according to age, sex, race/ethnicity, and large metropolitan, medium small metropolitan, or micropolitan/noncore (nonmetropolitan) location.

...Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States --- Examines racial and social disparities as related...

426. Data Challenges in Identifying Patients Due for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural Clinics - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Analyzes barriers to identifying patients in need of colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings in rural Oregon. Explores the effectiveness of rural primary care clinics and Medicaid health plans utilizing electronic health records (EHRs) for CRC outreach and includes corresponding data.

...Cancer Screening in Rural Clinics --- Analyzes barriers to identifying patients in need of colorectal cancer...

427. Factors Associated With Geographic Disparities in Gastrointestinal Cancer Mortality in the United States - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Examines modifiable and nonmodifiable factors related to county-level mortality from esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. Provides county-level U.S. maps and breaks down data by sex, race, health behaviors, income, insurance status, travel time and specialist density, screening rates, and location by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, and rural.

...Cancer Mortality in the United States --- Examines modifiable and nonmodifiable factors related to county-level...

428. 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...

429. Comparative Effectiveness of 2 Interventions to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Women in the Rural US: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Evaluated the effectiveness of remote interventions compared to the standard care protocols for cancer screenings in 963 Indiana and Ohio women between 50 and 74 years old. Discusses cost-effectiveness compared to increased screening odds and the impact on health outcomes, particularly mortality.

...Cancer Screening Among Women in the Rural US: A Randomized Clinical Trial --- Evaluated the effectiveness...

430. Geographic Access to Pediatric Cancer Care in the US - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric cancer care in the United States. Analyzes data from more than 90 million children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) extracted from 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Includes demographic breakdowns of median travel time by race/ethnicity, age, health insurance status, area deprivation index (ADI), U.S. region, and urban, large town, small town, or rural location. Provides maps that show travel time from population centroids of U.S. ZIP code tabulation areas as well as per capita pediatric oncologist supply by Census division and state.

...Cancer Care in the US --- Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric...