Disparities in pediatric cancer survivorship care: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) experience many long-term health problems that can be mitigated with recommended survivorship care. However, many CCS do not have access to survivorship care nor receive recommended survivorship care. We reviewed the empirical evidence of disparities in survivorship care for CCS.

Methods

This systematic review searched PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO for studies on survivorship care for CCS (PROSPERO: CRD42021227965) and abstracted the reported presence or absence of disparities in care. We screened 7945 citations, and of those, we reviewed 2760 publications at full text.

Results

A total of 22 studies reported in 61 publications met inclusion criteria. Potential disparities by cancer treatment (N = 14), diagnosis (N = 13), sex

SUBMITTER: Mobley EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524017 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature