Background Despite a publicly-funded healthcare system, alarming cancer-related health
and healthcare inequities persist in Canada. However, it remains unclear how equity is …

People experiencing homelessness have not yet benefited from the substantial progress
made in managing cancers, including advances in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, surgical …

Background A key pillar of Canada's healthcare system is universal access, yet significant
barriers to cancer services remain for people impacted by structural vulnerability (eg …

The purpose of palliative care is to ease the suffering of individuals with a serious and often
life-limiting illness throughout the course of their disease by providing holistic care that …

Worse socioeconomic conditions (eg, having a migration background, lower income, and
lower educational level) may lead to barriers for cancer prevention and early detection …

Background: People with diagnoses of intellectual disability or serious mental illness have
higher mortality rates due to physical comorbidities; better understanding is needed to guide …

Abstract Aims and Objectives Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork exploring various head
and neck cancer treatment pathways of patients with low socio‐economic status being …

Background Patients with cancer often have unmet psychosocial needs. Early detection of
who requires referral to a counsellor or psychiatrist may improve their care. This work used …

Background Despite advances in cancer research and treatment, the burden of cancer is not
evenly distributed. People experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of …

Timely access to guideline-recommended cancer treatment is known to be an indicator of
the quality and accessibility of a cancer care system. Yet people who are socially …