Geographic and sociodemographic access to systemic anticancer therapies for secondary breast cancer: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The review aimed to investigate geographic and sociodemographic factors associated with receipt of systemic anticancer therapies (SACT) for women with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer (SBC).

Methods

Included studies reported geographic and sociodemographic factors associated with receipt of treatment with SACT for women > 18 years with an SBC diagnosis. Information sources searched were Ovid CINAHL, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase and Ovid PsychINFO. Assessment of methodological quality was undertaken using the Joanna Briggs Institute method. Findings were synthesised using a narrative synthesis approach.

Results

Nineteen studies published between 2009 and 2023 were included in the review. Overall methodological quality was assessed as low to moderate. Outcom

SUBMITTER: Pearson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795363 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature