Incarceration status and cancer mortality: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complex relationship between incarceration and cancer survival has not been thoroughly evaluated. We assessed whether cancer diagnosis during incarceration or the immediate post-release period is associated with higher rates of mortality compared with those never incarcerated.

Methods

We conducted a population-based study using a statewide linkage of tumor registry and correctional system movement data for Connecticut adult residents diagnosed with invasive cancer from 2005 through 2016. The independent variable was place of cancer diagnosis: during incarceration, within 12 months post-release, and never incarcerated. The dependent variables were five-year cancer-related and overall survival rates.

Results

Of the 216,540 adults diagnosed with invasive c

SUBMITTER: Oladeru OT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481043 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature