ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Reconceptualising Rural Cancer Inequalities: Time for a New Research Agenda.
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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
- Cancer screening educational interventions in rural and farmworker communities: a systematic literature review.Ethnicity & health · 2023Pooled it
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- Measuring cancer equity globally: harmonising international rural-urban classifications for exploring cancer outcomes.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Review
- Mapping the landscape of rural cancer research: a global bibliometric analysis.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Review
- The association between sociodemographic factors and time to diagnosis for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden.European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
- Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022Article
- Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults: The Role of Symptom Burden.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Observational
- Factors related to help-seeking for cancer medical care among people living in rural areas: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Evidence has shown for over 20 years that patients residing in rural areas face poorer outcomes for cancer. The inequalities in survival that rural cancer patients face are observed throughout the developed world, yet this issue remains under-examined and unexplained. There is evidence to suggest that rural patients are more likely to be diagnosed as a result of an emergency presentation and that rural patients may take longer to seek help for symptoms. However, research to date has been predominantly epidemiological, providing us with an understanding of what is occurring in these populations, yet failing to explain why. In this paper we outline the problems inherent in current research approaches to rural cancer inequalities, namely how 'cancer symptoms' are conceived of and examined, and the propensity towards a reductionist approach to rural environments and populations, which fails to account for their heterogeneity. We advocate for a revised rural cancer inequalities research agenda, built upon in-depth, community-based examinations of rural patients' experiences across the cancer pathway, which takes into account both the micro and macro factors which exert influence on these experiences, in order to develop meaningful interventions to improve cancer outcomes for rural populations.
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