141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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3235.0
Cancer Epidemiology

Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Members attending this session will facilitate knowledge of urban vs. rural differences in receipt of health care and survival of lung cancer. Additionally, demographic information and healthcare access within a N. Carolina female population newly diagnosed with breast cancer and the cervical cytology screening among female members of the U.S. armed forces will be described.
Session Objectives: Discuss reasons why differences urban vs. rural areas might lead to differences in receipt of health care and potentially in survival in lung cancer patients. Describe the demographics, socioeconomic status, past healthcare access, and measures of emotional and functional well-being in a population of North Carolina women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Describes cervical cytology screening among female members of the active component U.S. Armed Forces during the 2000-2011
Moderator:
Patrick High, DrPH

12:30pm
Introductory Remarks
12:35pm
Differences in survival among rural and urban lung cancer patients in Florida, 1996-2007   
Margaret M. Byrne, PhD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, RD, LD/N, Tulay Koru-Sengul, MHS, PhD, Wei Zhao, PhD, Feng Miao, MSc and David J. Lee, PhD
     
12:55pm
Insurance coverage, personal, and clinical factors as determinants of breast cancer treatment delay   
Sasha McGee, PhD, MPH, Danielle Durham, MPH, Chiu-Kit Tse, MS and Robert Millikan, PhD, DVM, MPH
     
1:15pm
Impact of cervical cancer screening by race/ethnicity on u.s. active duty service women, 2000-2011   
Monique-Nicole Anthony, MPH, Leslie Clark, PhD, MS and Patricia Rohrbeck, MPH, DrPH, CPH
1:35pm
Incidence of skin cancers among population exposed to geothermal hot water while bathing and washing   
Vilhjalmur Rafnsson, MD and Adalbjorg Kristbjornsdottir, PhD
     
1:55pm
Concluding Remarks

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Medical Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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