Research Letter

Rural-Urban Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Pain Among Adult Cancer Survivors

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.49972

December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study uses data from the National Health Interview Survey to examine differences in chronic pain among rural and urban cancer survivors.

Corresponding Author: Erika Ziller, PhD, Department of Medicine, The Robert Larner MD College of Medicine, University of Vermont, 89 Beaumont Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 (erika.ziller@med.uvm.edu).

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