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ArticleCancer2025

Fragmented care and misaligned incentives of stakeholders in breast cancer care for the uninsured in the United States.

Madhushree Zope, Richard Sullivan, Lily Gutnik

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Article in Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Madhushree ZopeUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Department of Surgery, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0994-5895
Richard SullivanKing's College London, London, UK.
Lily GutnikUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Department of Surgery, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to and provision of breast cancer care in the United States for uninsured and underinsured patients is influenced by a complex network of advocates, legislative bodies, health care providers, and patients. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program of 1990 and Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 were milestone health policy changes that increased access to breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment for vulnerable populations. Implementation of these policies has been faced with challenges from the administrative, patient and provider perspectives. This commentary sheds light on the landscape of breast cancer care for the uninsured in the United States today, and identifies gaps that may benefit from universal healthcare policy.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsHealth Services AccessibilityMedically UninsuredEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHealth PolicyHumansUnited Statesbreast cancerhealth policyuninsured

Identifiers

PMID40267036
PMCPMC12017465

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