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1. Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Rural Areas Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Jul 18, 2022

Provides resources and information on cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas.

...cancer risks, prevention and screening, access to cancer treatment, and cancer survivorship in rural areas...

2. Federal Agencies' Investment in Rural Cancer Control Fosters Partnerships between Researchers and Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 28, 2021

Researchers and rural communities are working together to address rural cancer prevention and control, with federal funding supporting a wide range of projects. From targeting health behaviors, to making cancer screening and vaccination more accessible, to increasing rural participation in clinical trials, efforts to reduce rural cancer burden are underway across the country. - The Rural Monitor

...cancer center affiliation to help address rural cancer disparities. Coming Together Around Rural Cancer Prevention...

3. Reducing Cancer Among Native Populations: Models for Research, Prevention, and Treatment - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: May 1, 2019

Cancer has become one of the leading causes of death for American Indian and Alaskan Native populations. In this article, a cancer researcher, foundation director, and medical professional share their models that engage these populations in cancer research, prevention, and treatment. - The Rural Monitor

...cancer in Native women. "Although it's not the most common cancer, breast cancer is the most...

4. "Doing Something Exceptional": Rural Communities and Colorectal Cancer Screening - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 12, 2017

Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor

...Cancer Screening - The Rural Monitor --- Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence...

5. Building a Rural Cancer Care Network: Federal Funding Supports Collaboration of Urban, Regional, and Local Organizations - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 27, 2024

Leveraging a federal care coordination grant, an urban nonprofit organization, a regional healthcare system with rural locations, and a local rural physician's office are creating a new cancer care network in rural Georgia. Several elements of this network's holistic approach include grant-supported work focusing on rural patient navigation and clinical cancer trial enrollment. - The Rural Monitor

...cancer, breast cancer, and other cancer surgeries can be done here locally. If the surgery...

6. Surveillance for Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use — United States, 2010–2014 - Resources
Date: Nov 2018

Reports on tobacco-associated cancer incidence for lung, bronchial, and tracheal cancers; laryngeal cancer; oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers; esophageal cancer; stomach cancer; colon and rectal cancers; liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; kidney and renal pelvis cancers; urinary bladder cancer; cervical cancer; and acute myeloid leukemia. Includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro counties, as well as by sex, age, race/ethnicity, tumor characteristics, U.S. census region, and state.

...cancers; esophageal cancer; stomach cancer; colon and rectal cancers; liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; kidney and renal...

7. Salud es Vida Cervical Cancer Education - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 5, 2024

A promotora-led program that provides information on cervical cancer, HPV, and the HPV vaccine to Hispanic farmworker women in rural southern Georgia and South Carolina.

...Cancer Cervical cancer Topics covered in the second module: Cervical cancer screening HPV HPV vaccine...

8. Garrett County Regional Cancer Patient Navigator Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2020

A community consortium used grant-funding to expand cancer treatment services for residents in a 3-state, 8-county region in Appalachia.

...cancer-related programs, expanded services are now available for cancer patients, families, and cancer survivors...

9. ReCAP: Impact of the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program on Clinical Trial and Related Activities at a Community Cancer Center in Rural Nebraska - Resources
Date: Jan 2016

An analysis of clinical trial and related activity data gathered from a rural cancer treatment center in Nebraska participating in the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP). Data reviewed includes the number of patients, ratio of underserved patients, types of trials, new cancer services, staffing, and the organization's association with National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. Also provides a ReCAP, discussing the impacts of participating in the NCCCP.

...cancer treatment center in Nebraska participating in the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program...

10. Texas C-STEP Project: Cancer Screening, Training, Education and Prevention Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Sep 27, 2023

A Texas academic center's nursing and family medicine training programs partnered with its public health program in order to provide cancer screening in uninsured/underinsured patients.

...cancer screening approach not just for colorectal cancer, but also breast and cervical cancer. All three...