Barriers to cancer treatment and care for people experiencing ...

Barriers to cancer treatment and care for people ... - PubMed

Those who face significant barriers to access are under-represented in cancer control services Consequently, these inequities result in people ...

The aim of this study was to explore barriers to accessing cancer treatment among people experiencing structural vulnerability within a Canadian context.

Patients' Barriers to Receipt of Cancer Care, and Factors Associated ...

These barriers may help to explain the mechanisms of observed treatment disparities. For example, patients facing a multitude of barriers may have financial, ...

Costs and Barriers to Care

Our latest survey finds that about half of cancer patients and survivors (49%) have incurred medical debt to pay for their cancer care and another 13% expect to ...

Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Cancer Care

Unfortunately, this challenge is even greater for some communities with various barriers—limited health care access, fewer cancer screenings, diagnosis at later ...

Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic ...

Lack of care continuity (e.g., multiple and changing HCPs) and fragmentation between cancer care services (e.g., surgery, radiation, systemic ...

Patients With Cancer Face Multiple Barriers to Receive Care ...

“These barriers can include [the inability of] taking time off when entitled to it, working during their cancer treatment, being laid off from ...

Barriers to accessing cancer care from patients' perspective

Nineteen (37%) patients experienced barriers related to health literacy, and 15 (29%) specifically struggled with cancer-related health literacy ...

Barriers to Identifying and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs ...

In cancer care, individual and structural barriers to optimal care exist. These barriers include transportation difficulties, language ...

Meeting Needs, Dismantling Barriers to Cancer Care: A Patient ...

Cancer care should not be solely focused on treatment, but efforts should also be expanded to include life after cancer, mental health ...

Addressing the Social Needs of People with Cancer - NCI

People facing a cancer diagnosis are bombarded with fears and worries about finding the right doctor, choosing the best treatment, what side ...

Priority 4: Eliminate barriers to people getting the care they need

To address this, the cancer system must recognize and eliminate the impacts of practices, behaviours and policies that exacerbate systemic racism and ...

Challenges of Rural Cancer Care in the United States

Rural cancer patients often face substantial barriers to receiving optimal treatment, including availability of cancer care providers, distance to services, ...

Removing the Barriers to Care for Breast Cancer Patients: Improving ...

The first barrier to be discussed is the financial burden that impedes timely initiation of care. The staggering costs of cancer care are recognized to be ...

Access to Care in Cancer 2016: Barriers and Challenges

cancer care with 39% experiencing delays compared to older patients of whom ... People with cancer need help considering their treatment options and the.

Barriers in cancer care for patients with mental illness – a qualitative ...

Introduction: Patients with mental illness experience a substantial inequity when facing cancer treatment compared to patients without mental ...

Cancer Disparities - NCI

incidence (new cases) · prevalence (all existing cases) · mortality (deaths) · survival (how long people survive after diagnosis) · morbidity ( ...

Barriers to accessing cancer services for adults with ... - BMJ Open

While professionals typically have access to patients' medical notes, they may only focus on the issues related to cancer, or they may not know how to address ...

Disparities in Cancer Treatment

Disparities in cancer care among racial and ethnic minorities can be attributed to obstacles in accessing quality health care services, including cutting-edge ...

Barriers to accessing, and completing cancer treatment | IJGM

Financial stress, and a lack of knowledge regarding available support services and mechanisms, was also a key issue for most patients and ...