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09/08/2026

Twenty years in rural oncology taught me this: the clinical voice belongs at the table, not just the exam room. 🩺

That's why I moved into leadership, and that's why I'm President of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) of Minnesota. If you're a physician heading that direction, you don't have to figure it out alone.

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08/25/2026

Big news: registration is open for the 3rd Annual Rural Oncology Conference (ROC '27), happening April 30–May 1, 2027, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina!

We are so excited to share that our keynote speaker will be Monica Bertagnolli, MD, a former surgical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and current President of the National Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Bertagnolli grew up on a ranch in rural Wyoming, an experience that has stayed with her throughout a remarkable career. As President of ASCO, she made rural cancer care a central focus. She then served as Director of the National Cancer Institute and later Director of the NIH, before being elected to lead the National Academy of Medicine.

Her journey, from a rural upbringing to the highest offices in American medicine, embodies exactly what ROC is about: making sure rural communities are never an afterthought in cancer care.

We could not be more excited to welcome her to Chapel Hill. Register now to join us!

https://www.ruraloncologyconference.org/

07/29/2026

What a morning at BlackBerry Ridge Golf Course in Sartell! I had the privilege of speaking at the 25th Annual American Cancer Society Charity Golf Classic, a tournament that has been raising money for cancer patients in our community for a quarter century.

This year's event brought out 36 teams and 144 golfers, making it one of the largest golf fundraisers in the region. Golfers got lunch before teeing off and a full meal and program afterward, plus a shot at winning two cars and a John Deere garden tractor in the Hole-In-One contests. But the real prize is what this tournament makes possible for cancer patients across Central Minnesota.

A huge thank you to Jerry Lang, who has guided this tournament for all 25 years. Twenty-five years of showing up for this cause is no small thing, and this community is better for it.

Grateful to have been part of it. Here's to 25 more years.

06/24/2026

Did you know that nearly 1 in 5 adults with a cancer history reported infrequent or no social support in a national survey, and that group had more than double the rate of being unable to pay medical bills?

New research from the Rural Cancer Institute explores the connection between social support and healthcare affordability in cancer patients and survivors.

The findings point toward a simple but underappreciated truth: who shows up for you during and after cancer treatment may affect not just how you feel, but whether you can pay your bills.

If you're able to show up for someone, in whatever form that takes, it matters more than you might know.

🔗 Full paper: doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-02334-x

06/22/2026

Meet the Rural Cancer Institute's 2027 Research & Advocacy Fellows.

Six future clinicians, one shared mission: closing the gap in rural cancer care. Welcome to the team, Kameron, Sydney, Uma, Madisen, Taylor, and Haya.

Your zip code should not determine your prognosis.

Kameron Hahn, Kansas City University
Sydney Hibbs, UAMS College of Medicine
Uma Obalapuram, Kansas City University
Madisen Devries, OU College of Medicine
Taylor DeVine, Penn Dental Medicine
Haya Qaddura, The Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU

06/21/2026

Big news from the Rural Cancer Institute research team!

We just published a new study asking a simple but important question: why are rural adults uninsured, and does having had cancer change the reasons?

Using national survey data from nearly 2,000 rural adults, we found that people with a history of cancer were more than twice as likely as their neighbors to say the insurance plans available to them just don't meet their needs.

Why does this matter? Cancer care often means seeing multiple specialists, traveling to bigger hospitals for treatment, and managing ongoing tests and medications. In rural areas, insurance plans tend to have fewer choices and narrower networks to begin with. For someone fighting cancer, that gap can be the difference between getting timely care and falling through the cracks.

Cost was still the biggest barrier for everyone, cancer history or not. That part isn't surprising. But this research shows that affordability alone won't fix rural healthcare access. We also need insurance options that actually work for people managing serious illness.

This is exactly the kind of work the Rural Cancer Institute exists to do: shining a light on the real barriers rural patients face, so we can push for solutions that actually help.

Read the full study here, free and open access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-02387-y

Proud of this work from our research team, Ingrid Jacobson and Emily McGovern.

Your zip code is not your prognosis.

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

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.

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.

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

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