Table 3.

Stakeholder agreement with project findings

% Agreed	Statement
74	Rural women with breast cancer have difficulties accessing high quality information in a timely manner
84	Rural women with breast cancer have difficulties accessing peer and professional support in a timely manner
68	Rural women with breast cancer have difficulties accessing appropriate medical and nursing services
85	Rural women with breast cancer have more difficulties than do urban women accessing high quality information, peer and professional support, and medical and nursing services
81	Dealing with social isolation is a major problem for rural women with breast cancer
97	Having to travel for treatment is a major problem for rural women with breast cancer
89	Inadequate financial programs create a major burden for rural women with breast cancer
83	Coping with a changed work life is a major problem for rural women with breast cancer
98	Standardized, and locally sensitive, information packages should be made consistently available to women with breast cancer in all regions of Canada
98	Systems need to be developed to better help newly diagnosed breast cancer patients living in rural areas navigate the health care system
93	Systems need to be put into place to ease the financial burden for rural women with breast cancer