The Financial Burden of Cancer in the United States
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Development and Validation of an Adapted Tool to Measure Health-Related Social Needs for the Prostate Cancer Population in Nigeria
JCO Global Oncology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: May 1, 2025
PURPOSE
The
lack
of
culturally
appropriate
tools
is
a
key
obstacle
to
the
identification
unmet
social
needs
in
cancer
population
Nigeria.
To
support
sustainable
strategies
for
screening
and
intervention,
this
study
aimed
develop
validate
health-related
tool
prostate
PATIENTS
AND
METHODS
was
performed
three
stages
at
Nigerian
tertiary
hospitals:
(1)
instrument
adaptation
using
Health
Leads
toolkit
as
primary
framework,
which
involved
domain
specification
question
item
prioritization
through
rounds
Delphi
surveys
among
15
health
care
workers,
patients
with
cancer,
caregivers;
(2)
face
validation
10
cognitive
interviews
feedback
on
format,
language
clarity,
ease
answering,
comprehensiveness
applicability,
then
member
checking
review
approve
modifications;
(3)
pilot
testing
reliability
analysis
readability
assessment
30
cancer.
Descriptive
inferential
statistics
qualitative
were
performed.
RESULTS
During
first
round,
highest
top-ranking
domains
financial
resource
strain
(84%),
sociodemographics
(80%),
behavioral/mental
(80%).
For
single-question
prioritization,
an
agreement
reached
employment,
education,
isolation,
supports
during
second
remaining
third
round.
seven
items
modified,
two
substituted
validation.
modified
had
Cronbach's
α
.67
considered
second-grade
readers.
CONCLUSION
our
knowledge,
developed
acceptable
internal
validity
understandability
assess
Language: Английский
Association Between Rurality and Race/Ethnicity and Pediatric Cancer Early Mortality: A Population‐Based Cohort Study Using SEER Data from 2000 to 2021
Pediatric Blood & Cancer,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
72(3)
Published: Jan. 6, 2025
Pediatric
cancer
mortality
rates
have
steadily
declined
since
2009,
but
over
a
thousand
deaths
still
occur
annually.
While
existing
research
highlights
the
effects
of
race/ethnicity
and
rurality
on
overall
survival,
few
studies
specifically
analyzed
these
factors
in
relation
to
early
mortality,
defined
as
death
within
12
months
diagnosis.
This
study
utilized
SEER
Research
Plus
Limited-Field
Data
(2000-2021)
examine
association
between
race/ethnicity,
rurality,
pediatric
patients.
A
cohort
138,648
individuals
was
using
Cox
proportional
hazards
regression
models
calculate
hazard
ratios
95%
confidence
intervals
(CIs).
The
results
demonstrated
that
both
were
significantly
associated
with
mortality.
Non-Hispanic
Black
patients
70%
(95%
CI:
1.60-1.82)
more
likely
die
first
year
diagnosis
compared
non-Hispanic
Whites,
other
racial/ethnic
groups
also
saw
significant
associations.
adjusted
ratio
for
urban
counties
greater
than
1
million
(p
<
0.05)
all
degrees
rurality.
rural
not
adjacent
had
highest
risk
27%
1.13-1.42),
subanalysis
adolescent
showed
similar
patterns.
These
findings
emphasize
need
address
disparities
patients,
particularly
among
minorities
those
communities.
Language: Английский