Federal Housing Assistance and Stage at Cancer Diagnosis Among Older Adults in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A growing number of older adults live in unaffordable and unstable housing; however, whether programs designed to counter housing insecurity contribute to earlier-stage cancer diagnosis remains largely unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between the receipt of federal housing assistance, which limits household spending on rent and utilities, and cancer stage at diagnosis among older adults in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This comparative cohort study used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registry program and Medicare database linked with data from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Participants were individuals aged 66 to 95 years who received new diagnoses of breast cancer, colorectal canc

SUBMITTER: Pollack CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature