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Excited to share that I'll be speaking at the 2026 Rural Minnesota Lung Cancer Summit on June 26 at Cragun's Conference ...
06/16/2026

Excited to share that I'll be speaking at the 2026 Rural Minnesota Lung Cancer Summit on June 26 at Cragun's Conference Center in Brainerd, organized by A Breath of Hope Lung Cancer Foundation.

I'll be part of Session 2, focused on building and utilizing multidisciplinary teams in rural practice, one of the most practical and pressing challenges in rural cancer care.

Minnesota is leading the country in lung cancer survival at 33.7%, and events like this conference are a big part of why. Providers from across the state coming together to share what's working, what's not, and how we can do better for patients in every zip code.

Registration is FREE, and virtual attendance is available. If you work in lung cancer care or know someone who does, pass this along.

Register here: https://loom.ly/EsY3M70

Three years ago, a first-year med student sent me a cold message asking how he could get involved with the Rural Cancer ...
06/12/2026

Three years ago, a first-year med student sent me a cold message asking how he could get involved with the Rural Cancer Institute. That student was Andrew Armstrong.

Andrew came to medicine through an unconventional path. He had worked as a wildland firefighter, and that experience never left him. At RCI, he started as a volunteer. Became a fellow. Now he's co-director of the RCI Research and Advocacy Fellowship, helping shape the next generation of physician-advocates committed to closing the rural-urban health gap.

And today, he's the first author on a peer-reviewed publication in Atmosphere examining the health effects of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters, a population he knows firsthand, and one that has been largely overlooked in occupational health research.

That's a remarkable three years. Congratulations, Andrew.

Happy Rural Cancer Awareness Day! 🎗️As a rural oncologist in Staples, MN, I see every day what it means when cancer care...
06/04/2026

Happy Rural Cancer Awareness Day! 🎗️

As a rural oncologist in Staples, MN, I see every day what it means when cancer care isn't close to home — the long drives, the delayed diagnoses, and the outcomes that remind me exactly why I chose this work.

Rural patients deserve better.

The Rural Cancer Institute is working to close the gap between rural and urban cancer care, and we need your voice to help.

Share this post, use and , and help us make sure no one is left behind just because of where they live.

New data from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network puts numbers to what rural cancer patients face every da...
06/03/2026

New data from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network puts numbers to what rural cancer patients face every day.

53% of cancer patients and survivors in rural communities report difficulty affording their cancer care.

51% of cancer patients and survivors have gone into debt to cover the cost of their cancer care.

44% said the cost of cancer care has at some point affected their ability to buy food. Patients are rationing groceries to pay for chemotherapy.

This is the rural cancer burden in plain numbers. It demands a policy response commensurate with the scale of the problem: robust navigation funding, Medicaid protection, permanent telehealth, and sustained investment in rural care-delivery infrastructure.

Where you live should not determine whether you live.

Read the full report: https://www.fightcancer.org/releases/new-acs-can-survey-finds-more-half-cancer-patients-and-survivors-rural-communities-report

There are days that stop you completely. Today was one of them.I had the honor of hooding my daughter, Dr. Abigail Swens...
05/29/2026

There are days that stop you completely. Today was one of them.

I had the honor of hooding my daughter, Dr. Abigail Swenson, at her MCW Green Bay commencement ceremony. I have been a physician for a long time, and I thought I understood what this moment would feel like. I did not.

Really proud of you, Abby.

Chasing waterfalls, craters, geysers, and soaking in the Blue Lagoon. Grateful for every moment and every memory we made...
05/26/2026

Chasing waterfalls, craters, geysers, and soaking in the Blue Lagoon. Grateful for every moment and every memory we made. Iceland, you were incredible! 🇮🇸

Really proud of this one.My colleague Josh Pritchett (Mayo Clinic) and I published a piece in ASCO Daily News on telemed...
05/18/2026

Really proud of this one.

My colleague Josh Pritchett (Mayo Clinic) and I published a piece in ASCO Daily News on telemedicine and cancer care. The short version: telehealth in oncology works. Patients value it. The evidence supports it. What's missing is the policy architecture to make it permanent and equitable, especially for rural patients who have the most to gain and the fewest alternatives.

At Lakewood Health System and through the Rural Cancer Institute, we see this firsthand. Telehealth isn't a convenience for our patients. It's often the only realistic path to care.

Link: https://loom.ly/zwDTW-Y

Had the privilege of delivering the keynote at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network National Forum on the F...
05/14/2026

Had the privilege of delivering the keynote at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network National Forum on the Future of Health Care in Washington, DC, this week.

Here's what I told the room:

"The conventional wisdom is that the rural cancer gap is about distance. About broadband. About the next telehealth platform or the next mobile unit. It isn't. The drugs exist. The protocols exist. The data exist. What's missing is the decision to treat rural patients with the same standard of care we treat everyone else."

The rural cancer crisis is not a logistics problem. It is a priority problem. And fixing it starts with being honest about that.

Grateful to ACS CAN for creating the space for these conversations, and to everyone in the room who is doing the hard work to make rural cancer care equitable.

I’m honored to share that on May 13th I’ll be giving the keynote address at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Ne...
05/10/2026

I’m honored to share that on May 13th I’ll be giving the keynote address at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN 15th Annual National Forum on Cancer Care in Rural America, taking place in Washington, DC.

During my address, I’ll be highlighting an important perspective:
“Rural cancer disparities are fundamentally a policy and equity problem, not a technology or geography problem. Proven delivery models exist.”

We know what works. Now we must ensure it reaches every community.
Registration link: https://loom.ly/Yug6vCk

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