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ArticleGlobalization and health2021

Equity across the cancer care continuum for culturally and linguistically diverse migrants living in Australia: a scoping review.

Brighid Scanlon, Mark Brough, David Wyld, Jo Durham

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Globalization and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Strategies to promote the completion of patient-reported outcome measures by culturally and linguistically diverse and Indigenous Peoples in clinical care settings: A systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  3. Survivorship care for people affected by advanced or metastatic cancer: MASCC-ASCO standards and practice recommendations.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  6. Access to Supportive Care Among Australian Cancer Carers: Experiences of Priority Populations.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  7. Healthcare Providers' Strategies to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Among South Asian Women in Victoria.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026
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  13. Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities to Prepare for Lung Cancer Screening Implementation in Australia: A Qualitative Focus Group Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  17. Supporting wellness after cancer treatment for women from Chinese, Vietnamese, and Arabic backgrounds: a qualitative study of healthcare provider views.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  20. "Because That is the Right Thing to do": A Focus Group Study of Australian Expert Perspectives on Offering Smoking Cessation Support in Lung Cancer Screening.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Brighid ScanlonQueensland University of Technology, 149 Victoria Park Road, QLD, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Australia. brighid.scanlon@hdr.qut.edu.au.
Mark BroughQueensland University of Technology, 149 Victoria Park Road, QLD, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
David WyldQueensland University of Technology, 149 Victoria Park Road, QLD, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
Jo DurhamQueensland University of Technology, 149 Victoria Park Road, QLD, 4059, Kelvin Grove, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

International evidence suggests migrants experience inequitable access, outcomes and treatment quality across the cancer care continuum. There is currently limited research assessing equity across the cancer care continuum for culturally and linguistically diverse migrants living in Australia. A detailed protocol and search strategy were developed and used to identify all relevant literature, utilising the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual. Systematic searching was conducted via multiple databases and identified studies were screened against pre-identified inclusion and exclusion criteria. 71 studies met the inclusion criteria for analysis. Most studies examined cancer detection via screening. Very few studies examined cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment or palliative care. Most studies focused on patient-sided barriers to care and there was a paucity of information regarding institutional barriers to health. Cancer-related outcomes were seldom examined, and most studies were qualitative or behavioral analysis. Results highlighted significant communication issues spanning the cancer care continuum and a context of inadequate support for both patients and clinicians. There is a demonstrable need to examine equity in access and outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse cancer populations. This requires the identification of cancer-related disparities and an examination of institutional barriers to care. Through addressing this dearth of information, future research and health policy can support the operationalisation of health equity.

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NeoplasmsTransients and MigrantsAustraliaContinuity of Patient CareDelivery of Health CareHumansPopulation GroupsCancerCulturally DiverseDisparitiesHealth EquityMigrantsRacialisation

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PMID34321015
PMCPMC8318324

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