Nikesha Gilmore, Shakira J Grant, Traci N Bethea, Melody K Schiaffino, Heidi D Klepin, William Dale, Angela Hardi, Jeanne Mandelblatt, Supriya Mohile
INTRODUCTION: Cancer health disparities are widespread. Nevertheless, the disparities in outcomes among diverse survivors of cancer ages 65 years and older ("older") have not been systematically evaluated. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review of original research articles published between January 2016 and September 2023 and indexed in Medline (Ovid), Embase, Scopus, and CINAHL databases. We included studies evaluating racial, ethnic, socioeconomic disadvantaged, geographic, sexual and gender, and/or persons with disabilities disparities in treatment, survivorship, and mortality among older survivors of cancer...
April 9, 2024: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society