Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Cancer Care

Learn how to overcome barriers to cancer care at CRI's 2022 Patient Summit, with insights on access to immunotherapy and patient support.

Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Cancer Care ...

Understanding barriers to better research and treatments. A cancer diagnosis is one of the most difficult challenges a person and their ...

Cancer Care Disparities: Overcoming Barriers to Cancer Control in ...

Limited health spending constrains staffing, facilities, equipment, access to affordable cancer medications, and consequently cancer control ...

A journey to overcome barriers to cancer care

The Center is excited to be working with cancer epidemiologist Dr. Marc Aaron Emerson (Navajo) to understand the barriers to accessing cancer care in rural ...

Cancer Disparities - NCI

Cancer affects all population groups in the United States, but due to social, environmental, and economic disadvantages, certain groups bear a disproportionate ...

Barriers, facilitators, and priority needs related to cancer prevention ...

We identified multiple barriers, facilitators, and priority needs related to cancer prevention and control at primary care clinics serving ...

Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic ...

In cancer care, patients are required to understand complex information, consent to health interventions, seek help in a timely manner, and is ...

What if...everyone had equal access to cancer care?

These practical issues can be a barrier in both high- and low-income countries. For example, a study published in 2014 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology ...

Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Access in Oncology Care Delivery ...

There are many barriers to remove, but this discussion will focus on the Achilles' heel of oncology: the lack of dissemination and ...

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 ...

Overcoming Disparities through Policy - Cancer Progress Report

insurance coverage is an important factor that increases patient access to health care services across the cancer care continuum, including prevention, ...

Equitable access to cancer services: A review of barriers ... - PubMed

Additional research is needed to develop and test interventions to overcome barriers to care ... To the authors' knowledge the impact of the rapid growth in ...

Patient Navigation | Cancer - CDC

Lack of transportation. · Lack of care for children or elderly relatives. · Not understanding why they should get screened. · Speaking a language ...

Overcoming Barriers in Cancer Clinical Trials: A Path Forward for ...

Factors such as socioeconomic disparities, geographic limitations, and cultural barriers play a significant role in patient access to trials.

Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Genetic Testing - InventUM

Carmen Calfa, M.D., breast cancer medical oncologist and medical co-director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center's Cancer Survivorship ...

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

In addition to the use of screening tools, patient navigation was introduced in cancer care to enhance access to timely treatment by removing ...

Breaking Down Barriers in Breast Cancer Care - Bridgeport Hospital

In the United States, studies show that racial and ethnic minority patients often face barriers to health care exacerbated by challenges related ...

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

A key consideration is how unmet social determinants contribute to producing inequitable access to cancer care, and in turn, how these barriers ...

Overcoming Barriers to Access | The Max Foundation

Cancer care is often centralized in a few specialized hospitals. This means that people have to travel long distances to seek treatment which results in a ...

Access To Quality Care: Overcoming Barriers In Cancer Treatment

The healthcare system can be a maze. The complexities can act as “barriers,” especially for those grappling with a cancer diagnosis, from insurance approvals to ...