ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2015
Canadian cancer screening disparities: a recent historical perspective.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Collecting Data on the Social Determinants of Health to Advance Health Equity in Cancer Care in Canada: Patient and Community Perspectives.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Prioritizing the Timely Detection and Diagnosis of Early-Age Onset Cancer to Enable Optimal Disease Management and Outcomes.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Integrated access to cancer screening: expanding access for cervical and colorectal cancer screening in rural and remote Northern Alberta, Canada using a mobile service to bring cancer screening closer to home.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and cancer screening histories of Métis people in Alberta, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Utility of Stool-Based Tests for Colorectal Cancer Detection: A Comprehensive Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Current and Future Perspectives on Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer: A Roadmap From 2023 to 2027 From the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2024Review
- HPV self-sampling implementation strategies to engage under screened communities in cervical cancer screening: a scoping review to inform screening programs.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Addressing Inequity in Spatial Access to Lung Cancer Screening.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
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- Why is the screening rate in lung cancer still low? A seven-country analysis of the factors affecting adoption.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Ensuring equitable access to cancer care for Black patients in Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2022Article
- Examination of Breast Cancer Screening Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs among Syrian Refugee Women in a Western Canadian Province.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in colorectal cancer incidence in Canada: trends over two decades.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Article
- Population-Based Cancer Survival in Canada and the United States by Socioeconomic Status: Findings from the CONCORD-2 Study.Journal of registry management · 2022Article
- From the patient to the population: Use of genomics for population screening.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Afrocentric screening program for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer among immigrant patients in Ontario.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2021Article
- Screening for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer: protocol for systematic reviews to inform Canadian recommendations.Systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Disparities in cervical cancer screening participation in Iran: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2016 nationwide STEPS survey.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Across Canada, introduction of the Pap test for cervical cancer screening, followed by mammography for breast cancer screening and, more recently, the fecal occult blood test for colorectal cancer screening, has contributed to a reduction in cancer mortality. However, another contribution of screening has been disparities in cancer mortality between certain populations. Here, we explore the disparities associated with breast and cervical cancer screening and preliminary data concerning disparities in colorectal cancer screening. Although some disparities in screening utilization have been successfully reduced over time (for example, mammography and Pap test screening in rural and remote populations), screening utilization data for other populations (for example, low-income groups) clearly indicate that disparities have existed and continue to exist across Canada. Organized screening programs in Canada have been able to successfully engage 80% of women for regular cervical cancer screening and 70% of women for regular mammography screening, but of the women who remain to be reached or engaged in regular screening, those with the least resources, those who are the most isolated, and those who are least culturally integrated into Canadian society as a whole are over-represented. Population differences are also observed for utilization of colorectal cancer screening services. The research literature on interventions to promote screening utilization provides some evidence about what can be done to increase participation in organized screening by vulnerable populations. Adaption and adoption of evidence-based screening promotion interventions can increase the utilization of available screening services by populations that have experienced the greatest burden of disease with the least access to screening services.
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