ArticlePloS one2022
Incarceration status and cancer mortality: A population-based study.
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- County-level jail and state-level prison incarceration and cancer mortality in the United States.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
- A Summary of the HCC-CARE Symposium: Collaborative Approaches to Reaching Equity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Boston by 2030.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2025Article
- Examining inequities associated with incarceration among breast cancer patients.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Does the cost of cancer care for people in prison differ from those in the general population? Analysis of matched English cancer registry and hospital records.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Incarceration and screen-detectable cancer diagnosis among adults in Connecticut.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Incarceration History and Access to and Receipt of Health Care in the US.JAMA health forum · 2024Article
- Cancer equity for those impacted by mass incarceration.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- Death in Prison: increasing transparency on next of kin notification and disposition of remains.Health & justice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe complex relationship between incarceration and cancer survival has not been thoroughly evaluated. We assessed whether cancer diagnosis during incarceration or the immediate post-release period is associated with higher rates of mortality compared with those never incarcerated.
methodsWe conducted a population-based study using a statewide linkage of tumor registry and correctional system movement data for Connecticut adult residents diagnosed with invasive cancer from 2005 through 2016. The independent variable was place of cancer diagnosis: during incarceration, within 12 months post-release, and never incarcerated. The dependent variables were five-year cancer-related and overall survival rates.
resultsOf the 216,540 adults diagnosed with invasive cancer during the study period, 239 (0.11%) people were diagnosed during incarceration, 479 (0.22%) within 12 months following release, and the remaining were never incarcerated. After accounting for demographics and cancer characteristics, including stage of diagnosis, the risk for cancer-related death at five years was significantly higher among those diagnosed while incarcerated (AHR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.12-1.73) and those recently released (AHR = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.57-2.10) compared to the never-incarcerated group. The risk for all-cause mortality was also higher for those diagnosed with cancer while incarcerated (AHR = 1.92, 95% CI = 1.63-2.26) and those recently released (AHR = 2.18, 95% CI = 1.94-2.45). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: There is a higher risk of cancer mortality among individuals diagnosed with cancer during incarceration and in the first-year post-release, which is not fully explained by stage of diagnosis. Cancer prevention and treatment efforts should target people who experience incarceration and identify why incarceration is associated with worse outcomes.
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