Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer
mortality among women in the United States. Efforts to promote breast cancer control in rural …

Lymphedema is one of the main late effects from breast cancer treatment affecting 3–60% of
breast cancer survivors. Primarily occurring in the hand, arm, and/or affected breast …

There are 60 million people living in rural America, which represents 25% of the population
yet only 10% of General Surgeons practice in those areas. Rural patients tend to be older …

Since March 2020, researchers have been examining COVID-19 and its impacts on rural
hospitals, health care professionals, and communities. The pandemic has increased the …

Objective To examine factors associated with guideline‐concordant adjuvant therapy among
breast cancer patients in a rural region of the United States and to present an advancement …

Purpose Disparities in breast cancer mortality due to race/ethnicity, area socioeconomic
status (SES), and urbanization have been documented. This study examined if disparities in …

Background: Several surgeon characteristics are associated with the use of sentinel lymph
node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer. No studies have systematically examined the relative …

Background Radioisotopes and blue dyes are used as dual tracers in the current gold
standard procedure of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (SLNB) performed for breast …

Objective. Given the challenges rural cancer patients face in accessing cancer care as well
as the slower diffusion and adoption of new medical technologies among rural providers, the …

Introduction: Inequalities in cancer outcomes continue to exist throughout the world. In
Australia, rural women diagnosed with breast cancer have significantly poorer 5-year …