ReviewCarcinogenesis2021
An overview of cancer health disparities: new approaches and insights and why they matter.
Review in Carcinogenesis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Dietary Interventions for Cancer Survivors and Their Families or Caregivers.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluating the quality, reliability and readability of digital and artificial intelligence resources for adults with cancer who have significant caregiving responsibilities for children.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Exploring The Fidelity of Resistance Training Interventions in Regional, Rural, And Remote Cancer Care: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Article
- Geospatial heterogeneity of hotspots for incidence and late-stage diagnosis of breast, colorectal, and lung cancer.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Association of metabolic markers, inflammatory biomarkers, and sedentary time with comorbidities among cancer patients: Results from NHANES 2021-2023.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Who is benefiting from the dramatic decline in U.S. cancer mortality? Place-based evidence of disparities in rates of improvement.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Cancer: a looming public health crisis in Africa-a call to accelerate equitable access to medicines.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Microbiome-mycotoxin interactions and probiotic strategies: implications for gut health and cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Socioeconomic disparities in site-specific cancer incidence and mortality: Golestan cohort study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Building the cancer research workforce through implementation of theDiscover education · 2026Article
- The role of AI for improved management of breast cancer: Enhanced diagnosis and health disparity mitigation.Computer methods and programs in biomedicine · 2025Review
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- Public Understanding of and Engagement With Community Health Workers and Promotores de Salud: Findings From Two National Surveys.Preventing chronic disease · 2025Article
- Prevalence of cannabis and medication use by indices of residential urbanicity and deprivation among Ohio cancer patients.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Cancer risk in individuals with psychiatric disorders: population-based cohort study.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Racial and urban-rural disparities in lung cancer care: Insight from a Latent Class Growth Analysis.Journal of cancer policy · 2025Article
- An intersectional analysis of behavioral financial hardship and healthcare utilization among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus cancer survivors.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
- The association between health literacy and cancer screening participation: A cross-sectional study across three organised screening programmes in Denmark.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Neighborhood Disadvantage, Built Environment, and Breast Cancer Outcomes: Disparities in Tumor Aggressiveness and Survival.Cancers · 2025Article
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Cancer health disparities remain stubbornly entrenched in the US health care system. The Affordable Care Act was legislation to target these disparities in health outcomes. Expanded access to health care, reduction in tobacco use, uptake of other preventive measures and cancer screening, and improved cancer therapies greatly reduced cancer mortality among women and men and underserved communities in this country. Yet, disparities in cancer outcomes remain. Underserved populations continue to experience an excessive cancer burden. This burden is largely explained by health care disparities, lifestyle factors, cultural barriers, and disparate exposures to carcinogens and pathogens, as exemplified by the COVID-19 epidemic. However, research also shows that comorbidities, social stress, ancestral and immunobiological factors, and the microbiome, may contribute to health disparities in cancer risk and survival. Recent studies revealed that comorbid conditions can induce an adverse tumor biology, leading to a more aggressive disease and decreased patient survival. In this review, we will discuss unanswered questions and new opportunities in cancer health disparity research related to comorbid chronic diseases, stress signaling, the immune response, and the microbiome, and what contribution these factors may have as causes of cancer health disparities.
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