Wendy Kohlmann, MS, Click image to Huntsman Cancer Institute at
the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE December 13, 2012 When Where You Live May Determine If
You Live Rural dwellers less likely to follow cancer screening
guidelines SALT LAKE CITY— People who reside in rural areas of
Utah are less likely to follow colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
recommendations than their urban counterparts, according to
researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the
University of Utah. This geographic disparity is evident across
all risk groups, including those who have a family history of
the disease. "Our hypothesis was that geography matters," said
Anita Kinney, Ph.D., R.N., who leads HCI's Cancer Control and
Populations Sciences Research Program and is principal
investigator of the study. "And what we found is that it does
indeed matter." Kinney is a professor in the Department of
Medicine at the University of Utah, a Jon and Karen Huntsman
Presidential Professor in Cancer Resear