Outcomes Among Patients With Colon Cancer Living in Neighborhoods With Persistent Poverty.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with cancer living in persistent poverty (PP) are at risk for worse oncologic outcomes. Existing welfare interventions typically focus on current poverty and may not benefit patients in PP if the underlying mechanisms are unique; thus, modifiable targets are needed to inform future policy efforts.

Objectives

To compare clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with colon cancer based on the share of census tracts per zip code that were in PP at the time of diagnosis and to explore 2 potential mechanisms connecting PP and disease-specific mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study using data from a statewide cancer registry included all patients diagnosed with colon cancer in California from 2017 to 2020. Patients wi

SUBMITTER: Naar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12789951 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature