ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018
Rural areas are disproportionately impacted by smoking and lung cancer.
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- A systematic review on the qualitative experiences of people living with lung cancer in rural areas.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
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- Implementation of a lung cancer screening program at an urban safety-net hospital: enabling solutions via stakeholder engagement.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Lung cancer disparities in rural, persistent poverty counties: a secondary data analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impact of oral health disparities on smoking prevalence.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Comparison of the characteristics of the population eligible for lung cancer screening under 2013 and population newly eligible under 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Improving Access to Care, Patient Costs, and Environmental Impact Through a Community Outreach Lung Cancer Rapid Assessment Clinic.JCO oncology practice · 2024Article
- Rural revitalization: Uniting forces for tobacco-free communities.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Development of two novel treatments to promote smoking cessation: Savor and retrieval-extinction training pilot clinical trial findings.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
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- Exploration of experiences and attitudes associated with lung health promotion among Black males with a history of smoking.Journal of men's health · 2024Article
- Lung cancer screening in rural primary care practices in Colorado: time for a more team-based approach?BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Rural Disparities in Lung Cancer-directed Surgery: A Medicare Cohort Study.Annals of surgery · 2023Article
- Association of type 2 diabetes mellitus with lung cancer in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Characterizing Regional Variability in Lung Cancer Outcomes across Ontario-A Population-Based Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Rural-Urban Differences in Common Mental Disorders, Functional Limitation and Social Support among Adults with Cancer: A Population-Based Study in Spain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Implementation and Uptake of Rural Lung Cancer Screening.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2022Article
- Challenges Faced by Rural Primary Care Providers When Caring for COPD Patients in the Western United States.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2021Article
- Rural barriers to early lung cancer detection: Exploring access to lung cancer screening programs in New Hampshire and Vermont.American journal of surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
Rural populations have higher rates of late stage lung cancer incidence and mortality compared to urban populations, making them important target populations for low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening. LDCT screening has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality and is recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force for individuals who meet certain risk criteria. However, rural populations may experience greater system, provider, and individual-level barriers to screening and related health-seeking behavior (e.g. smoking cessation). LDCT screening was first tested in urban, academic centers, so it is still unknown how readily it may be implemented in rural areas. Additionally, rural populations have limited access to both primary care physicians who may refer to LDCT screening and specialty physicians who may perform the screening. Further, rural populations may be less likely to seek screening due to lack of awareness and understanding or other unknown knowledge or psychosocial barriers. There are several strategies that may address these rural specific challenges. First, further research is needed to better understand the individual-level barriers that rural patients experience. Second, to reduce system-level barriers, additional efforts should be made to increase rural access to screening through improved referral processes. Third, creation of decision support materials to equip rural providers to engage their patients in a shared decision making process regarding screening may help reduce physician level barriers. Fourth, development of a holistic approach to smoking cessation may help reduce lung cancer risk in conjunction with LDCT screening.
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