Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Breast Cancer Who Self-Identify as Black: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Black-identifying patients face many barriers to the receipt of equitable breast cancer care; however, little is currently known about the unique needs of this patient population, particularly in Canada. To address this gap, we identified and thematically grouped constructs from the published literature reporting on the needs of Black-identifying patients with breast cancer and compared these findings to a list generated through a virtual nominal consensus group (NG) attended by Canadian patients with breast cancer who self-identified as Black (n = 3). A scoping review was undertaken, and relevant citations published from database inception until January 2025 were identified from MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL. The literature review yielded 34 articles from the United States and identified 15

SUBMITTER: Oshinowo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12564611 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature