Correctional Health and Oncologist Perspectives on Strategies to Improve Cancer Care in US Prisons: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individuals diagnosed with cancer while incarcerated in US prisons have worse mortality than nonincarcerated individuals. Incarceration poses numerous barriers to care, and optimal strategies to improve cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment are needed.

Objective

To investigate perspectives among correctional health and oncology clinicians on strategies to improve cancer care in US prisons, from screening and diagnosis to treatment and end-of-life care.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study conducted interviews across 16 US state and federal prisons systems between September 2023 and April 2024 and a member-checking focus group in February 2025. Semistructured interviews were conducted with prison medical directors, primary care clini

SUBMITTER: Manz CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12529190 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature