Targets for improving disparate head and neck cancer outcomes in the low‐income population

Low‐income patients have worse head and neck cancer outcomes than those with high‐income. Yet, few targets have been identified to specifically improve outcomes in the low‐income population. Here, we conduct a review on the current literature on head and neck cancer outcomes in the low‐income popula...

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Autores principales: Entezami, Payam, Thomas, Bennett, Mansour, Jobran, Asarkar, Ameya, Nathan, Cherie‐Ann, Pang, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021
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Health Policy and Outcomes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.698
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description Low‐income patients have worse head and neck cancer outcomes than those with high‐income. Yet, few targets have been identified to specifically improve outcomes in the low‐income population. Here, we conduct a review on the current literature on head and neck cancer outcomes in the low‐income population and identify targets for intervention. The degree of disparity is in the range of 20%‐90% worse overall survival in the low‐income population. Eliminating smoking would have the greatest effect on head and neck cancer mortality rates in the low‐income population. Additionally, access to oral cancer exams, assistance with transportation, and continued expansion of telemedicine would facilitate early diagnosis and timely treatment in patients who develop head and neck cancer.
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spelling pubmed-86654272021-12-21 Targets for improving disparate head and neck cancer outcomes in the low‐income population Entezami, Payam Thomas, Bennett Mansour, Jobran Asarkar, Ameya Nathan, Cherie‐Ann Pang, John Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol Health Policy and Outcomes Low‐income patients have worse head and neck cancer outcomes than those with high‐income. Yet, few targets have been identified to specifically improve outcomes in the low‐income population. Here, we conduct a review on the current literature on head and neck cancer outcomes in the low‐income population and identify targets for intervention. The degree of disparity is in the range of 20%‐90% worse overall survival in the low‐income population. Eliminating smoking would have the greatest effect on head and neck cancer mortality rates in the low‐income population. Additionally, access to oral cancer exams, assistance with transportation, and continued expansion of telemedicine would facilitate early diagnosis and timely treatment in patients who develop head and neck cancer. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8665427/ /pubmed/34938891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.698 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Triological Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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