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Background
Cancer survivors represent a population with high health care needs. If and how cancer survivors were affected by the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic are largely unknown.
Methods
Using data from the nationwide, population‐based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2017–2020), the authors investigated changes in health‐related measures during the...
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Cancer survivors develop other chronic medical conditions because of shared risk factors and delayed effects of cancer treatment. This study investigated trends in the prevalence of chronic diseases and estimated their population sizes among adult cancer survivors in the United States from 2002 to 2018.
Methods
Using 2002‐2018 National Health Interview Survey data, this study calculated...
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Obesity is associated with a substantial health and economic burden in the general population in the United States. This study estimates the excess health care utilization and medical spending associated with overweight and obesity among long‐term cancer survivors.
Methods
Long‐term cancer survivors (≥2 years after their diagnosis) aged ≥18 years (N = 12,547) were identified from the...
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. However, data on spatial disparities in survival for breast cancer are limited in the country. This study estimated 5‐year relative survival (RS) of female breast cancer and examined the spatial variations across the contiguous United States.
Methods
Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003‐2010 in the...
Background
This study assessed mental health (MH) outcomes across age groups in a nationally representative US sample of adult cancer survivors.
Methods
The 2015 to 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health was used to identify respondents aged 18 to 64 years. The authors compared MH outcomes between respondents with a cancer history and respondents without a cancer history in adjusted analyses...
Background
To the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on people living with HIV and cancer (PLWHC), who have lower cancer treatment rates and worse cancer outcomes. To investigate this research gap, the authors examined the effects of the ACA on insurance coverage and receipt of cancer treatment among PLWHC in the United...
Background
People living with HIV (PLWH) are at an increased risk of developing several cancers, but to the authors’ knowledge less is known regarding how HIV impacts the rate of progression to advanced cancer or death.
Methods
The authors compared stage of disease at the time of presentation and mortality after diagnosis between 14,453 PLWH and 6,368,126 HIV‐uninfected patients diagnosed with...
Background
The current study examined medical financial hardship in cancer survivors and those without a cancer history in the United States.
Methods
The 2013 to 2016 National Health Interview Survey was used to identify cancer survivors (stratified by ages 18‐49 years [1424 survivors], ages 50‐64 years [2916 survivors], and ages ≥65 years [6014 survivors]) and individuals without a cancer history...
BACKGROUND
There is limited evidence from nationally representative samples about changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons among cancer survivors in the United States.
METHODS
The 2011 to 2014 National Health Interview Survey was used to identify adults who reported ever having been told they had cancer (cancer survivors; n = 8931) and individuals without a cancer history (n = 126,287)...
BACKGROUNDThe aim of the cost‐sharing provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to reduce financial barriers for preventive services, including screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer (BC) among privately and Medicare‐insured individuals. Whether the provision has affected CRC and BC screening prevalence is unknown. The current study investigated whether...
BACKGROUNDSerious psychological distress (SPD) is associated with adverse health outcomes such as poor quality of life and shorter survival in cancer survivors, but to the authors' knowledge, the relationship between SPD and health care use and medical expenditures is not clear.
METHODSA total of 4326 cancer survivors and 57,109 noncancer participants were identified from the 2008 through 2010 Medical...
BACKGROUNDInsurance status is associated with stage at diagnosis and treatment for non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but no previous studies have addressed the relation between insurance status and survival for patients diagnosed with diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common subtype of NHL.
METHODSThe authors analyzed survival among 3858 patients with DLBCL ages 18 to 64 years who were diagnosed...
BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress causes damage to many components of human cells (ie, proteins, lipids, and DNA) and is involved in carcinogenesis. Nutrients with antioxidant properties may protect against oxidative stress. In this study, the authors examined the intake of antioxidants from diet and supplements in relation to pancreatic cancer risk among participants of the Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL)...
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