The Epidemiology of Cancer Among Homeless Adults in Metropolitan Detroit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Homeless individuals suffer and die disproportionately from chronic diseases and disorders. We describe the epidemiology of cancer among homeless persons in metropolitan Detroit.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed using 1973-2014 data from the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System, a population-based cancer registry and member of the National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program. Homeless adults were identified through address at diagnosis listed as a homeless shelter, hospital, or supplemental field indicating homelessness. Age-adjusted, sex-specific proportional incidence ratios (PIR) compared cancer incidence proportions by primary tumor site of homeless patients to the no

SUBMITTER: Holowatyj AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6433093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature