SynthesisJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2017
Residential Segregation and Racial Cancer Disparities: A Systematic Review.
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101 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.
- Relationships Between Living in Ethnic Enclaves and Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Literature.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Pooled it
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- Urban Neighborhood and Residential Factors Associated with Breast Cancer in African American Women: a Systematic Review.Hormones & cancer · 2018Pooled it
- Social vulnerability and genetic service utilization among unaffected BRIDGE trial patients with inherited cancer susceptibility.BMC cancer · 2025Trial
- Self-sampling tools to increase cancer screening among underserved patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Trial
- Associations of neighborhood racial and ethnic, economical, and educational segregation with breast cancer risk: The Multiethnic ohort Study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Medicaid Expansion and Place-Based Disparities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Survival.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Long-Term Survival Disparities by Race and Ethnicity Among Cancer Survivors in United States.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals Ancestry-Associated Epigenetic Reprogramming in Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Indoor Air Radon Testing Rate and Its Relationships with Various Socioeconomic and Public Health Factors in Georgia, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Mortality Risk After Cancer Diagnosis by County-Level Characteristics in the United States 2000-2021.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Spillover effects of public school integration in the southern United States: diverging trends in statewide annual breast cancer incidence, 2001-2019.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Guideline-concordance along the cancer care continuum and breast cancer mortality by race and ethnicity: a SEER-Medicare study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Impact of structural and interpersonal racism on oral health and dental services.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- A Community-Based Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Health: A Pilot Study.Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · 2025Article
- Individual income and race-associated differences in prostate cancer mortality in a statewide registry.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2025Article
- A Society-to-Cells approach to evaluating multilevel and interrelated drivers of breast cancer disparities in Black women.NPJ breast cancer · 2025Review
- Sociodemographic, medical, health behavior, and psychosocial factors associated with COVID-19 diagnoses in the New Jersey cancer survivor cohort.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Relationships between historical redlining, contemporary housing market dynamics, racial composition, and mental health in U.S. urban neighborhoods: A conditional process analysis.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Historical redlining and mortality in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer in California, 2000-2019.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper provides the first review of empirical studies of segregation and black-white cancer disparities.
methodsWe searched all years of PubMed (through May 2016) using these terms: racial segregation, residential segregation, neighborhood racial composition (first terms) and (second terms) cancer incidence, mortality, survival, stage at diagnosis, screening. The 17 (of 668) articles that measured both segregation and a cancer outcome were retained.
resultsSegregation contributed significantly to cancer and to racial cancer disparities in 70% of analyses, even after controlling for socioeconomic status and health insurance. Residing in segregated African-American areas was associated with higher odds of later-stage diagnosis of breast and lung cancers, higher mortality rates and lower survival rates from breast and lung cancers, and higher cumulative cancer risks associated with exposure to ambient air toxics. There were no studies of many types of cancer (e.g., cervical). Studies differed in their measure of segregation, and 40% used an invalid measure. Possible mediators of the segregation effect usually were not tested.
conclusionsEmpirical analysis of segregation and racial cancer disparities is a recent area of research. The literature is limited to 17 studies that focused primarily on breast cancer. Studies differed in their measure of segregation, yet segregation nonetheless contributed to cancer and to racial cancer disparities in 70% of analyses. This suggests the need for further research that uses valid measures of segregation, examines a variety of types of cancers, and explores the variables that may mediate the segregation effect.
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