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Date: Nov 2022
Reviews the state of research on rural and urban differences in access to breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment services.
...cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment services. --- Identifying Key Barriers to Effective Breast Cancer Control in Rural...
Date: Nov 2022
Describes a scoping review methodology to research rural health disparities related to low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screenings in rural areas of the United States.
...Cancer Screening in Rural Populations in the United States: A Scoping Review Protocol --- Describes a scoping...
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...
Date: Apr 2022
Examines if and when primary care clinicians (PCCs) and gastroenterologists (GIs) recommend colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings according to results from a 2019 online survey of 814 PCCs and 159 GIs. Discusses factors such as provider characteristics, number of patients, and practice location, including rural, suburban, or urban. Includes rural versus urban differences in routine CRC screening recommendation practices.
...Cancer Screening Among Average-Risk Patients: Data From a National Survey --- Examines if and when...
Date: Jul 2021
Study examining breast cancer service capacity and incidence and mortality rates for low populous counties in Arizona based on CMS National Provider Identifier data. Compares rural and urban data and discusses opportunities for increasing access to preventive services.
...Cancer Capacity and Resources with Incidence and Mortality in Arizona's Low Populous Counties --- Study...
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...
Date: Nov 2020
Highlights a study on the correlation between the stage of lung cancer at point of diagnosis and rurality of the patient being treated by the Veterans Health Administration. Breaks down patient data by age, race, and region, among others measures.
...Cancer Staging at Diagnosis in the Veterans Health Administration: Is Rurality an Influencing Factor? A Cross...
Date: Jul 2020
Uses data on participants from 3 tribally operated healthcare clinics in rural areas to study whether direct mailing of fecal immunochemical test kits is effective in increasing colorectal cancer screening among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
...cancer screening among American Indians and Alaska Natives. --- Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer...
Date: Oct 2019
Studies the potential for take-home multitarget stool DNA testing (MT-sDNA) for colorectal cancer to increase access to screening for Alaska Native communities. Discusses barriers to colonoscopy screening, including access to colonoscopy providers and patient resistance to the procedure. Analyzes data from surveys of patients and providers, comparing patient responses based on age and emphasizing acceptability of MT-sDNA among both groups.
...Cancer Screening --- Studies the potential for take-home multitarget stool DNA testing (MT-sDNA) for colorectal...
Date: Nov 2023
Highlights a study of the barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening for tribal communities in rural and remote regions of Alaska. Bases findings on interviews with providers and an analysis of system-level factors, such as travel time and costs, weather, and COVID-19, among others.
...Cancer Screening in Rural/Remote Alaska Native Communities --- Highlights a study of the barriers and facilitators...