Characteristics of interventions aimed at reducing inequalities along the cancer continuum: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Cancer inequalities are wide and enduring, within countries between socio-demographic groups and between countries. These are generated and sustained throughout the key phases of the cancer pathway, from investigation, clinical assessment, decision and access to treatment, and follow-up care. We aimed to describe the characteristics of implemented interventions, evaluated in published controlled experiments in the medical literature, specifically designed to target reductions in inequalities along the cancer pathway. We searched the Ovid Medline and Embase databases from January 2005 to April 2024 for controlled experiments reporting on interventions tackling inequalities. We extracted information on the publication, the aim and type of intervention, its setting, the characteristics of the

SUBMITTER: Safari WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature