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591. Harvesting Risk: An Ecologic Study of Agricultural Practices and Patterns and Melanoma Incidence in Pennsylvania - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Examines associations between melanoma incidence, agricultural land use, and herbicide-treated acreage in a 15-county cluster in southern Pennsylvania including both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, utilizing 2017-2021 PA Cancer Registry data. Discusses how environmental, occupational, and behavioral challenges related to agriculture and cancer incidence are shared among urban and rural communities.

...Cancer Registry data. Discusses how environmental, occupational, and behavioral challenges related to agriculture and cancer...

592. Cardiovascular & Cancer Rates for the Rural Delta Region - Resources
Reviewed: Jun 2025

Interactive mapping tool showing 13 health measures for people in Delta Region counties/parishes. Allows users to compare rates by county, rural or urban status, to peer counties, to the national average, to national quartiles, by Health Resources and Services Administration regions, and by states.

...Cancer Rates for the Rural Delta Region --- Interactive mapping tool showing 13 health measures for people...

593. Pre-Pandemic Geographic Access to Hospital-Based Telehealth for Cancer Care in the United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Explores the availability of telehealth and oncology services across geographic and sociodemographic domains before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2019 and 2020 data sources to examine hospital characteristics by telehealth and oncology services, with information on hospital ownership, number of hospital beds, Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) status, presence of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) co-located at hospital, and more. Includes availability of telehealth, oncology, and hospital services broken down by county; HPSA status; income, average age, and race/ethnicity of residents; ratio of population to primary care physicians; rural noncore, rural micropolitan, or urban status; and more.

...Cancer Care in the United States --- Explores the availability of telehealth and oncology services across...

594. Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration (SPARC, Inc.®) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 10, 2025

SPARC programs offer community-wide strategies to increase vaccination rates and increase the delivery of other clinical preventive services.

...cancer screenings, including colon, breast, and cervical cancers 5 over 50, a program encouraging adults...

595. Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Early-Stage Breast Cancer - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status.

...Cancer --- Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed...

596. A Prospective Study of Cancer Risk among Agricultural Health Study Farm Spouses Associated with Personal Use of Organochlorine Insecticides - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Highlights an investigation into the health effects of exposure to organochlorine pesticides for farmers and their spouses. Draws data from the Agricultural Health Study, which surveys agricultural workers in Iowa and North Carolina.

...Cancer Risk among Agricultural Health Study Farm Spouses Associated with Personal Use of Organochlorine Insecticides...

597. Introducing the L.A.U.N.C.H Collaborative - Resources
Date: 2020

Describes the Linking & Amplifying User-Centered Networks through Connected Health (L.A.U.N.C.H.) demonstration project, based in Appalachian Kentucky and aimed at preventing cancer and removing obstacles faced by cancer patients in rural and underserved areas, through improvements in broadband access.

...cancer and removing obstacles faced by cancer patients in rural and underserved areas, through improvements...

598. NCI Geographic Information Science (GIS) Portal for Cancer Research Tobacco Policy Viewer - Resources
Reviewed: Nov 2025

Provides a state-by-state summary of smoke-free laws in workplaces, restaurants, and bars from 1990 through 2020 for the U.S. Includes information on public tobacco policy laws at the county and city levels.

...Cancer Research Tobacco Policy Viewer --- Provides a state-by-state summary of smoke-free laws...

599. Advancing Cancer Workforce Capacity for American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Development of a Validated System to Optimize Trainee Participation and Outcome Tracking - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Outlines considerations and strategies for development and implementation of a tracking system to support federally funded workforce diversity programs with limited resources to document, track, and disseminate program outcomes for underrepresented trainees. Provides data on degree completion and professional positions of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) trainees over a 20-year period.

...Cancer Workforce Capacity for American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Development of a Validated System...

600. Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop - Resources
Date: May 2018

Summarizes workshop proceedings and discussion to examine how to improve cancer patients' healthcare services navigation. Discusses current models of patient navigation programs, including programs in rural areas. Covers lessons learned, policy changes, and opportunities to improve cancer patient healthcare services navigation. Document is free to download after providing an email address.

...cancer patients' healthcare services navigation. Discusses current models of patient navigation programs, including programs in rural...