Background Lung cancer is typically diagnosed at a late stage. Early presentation and detection of lung cancer symptoms is critical to improving survival but can be clinically …
Stigma is a well-documented barrier to health seeking behavior, engagement in care and adherence to treatment across a range of health conditions globally. In order to halt the …
L Carter‐Harris, DKP Ceppa, N Hanna… - Health …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore knowledge and beliefs of long‐term smokers about lung cancer, associated risk factors and lung cancer screening. Design Qualitative study theoretically …
C Vrinten, A Gallagher, J Waller, LAV Marlow - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Cancer-related stigma attracts considerable research interest, but few studies have examined stigmatisation in the healthy population. Qualitative studies suggest that …
Z Huang, T Yu, S Wu, A Hu - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2021 - Springer
Objective The systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to summarize the available evidence and identify the correlates of cancer stigma. Methods PubMed, EMBASE …
Objectives Cancer stigma can have widespread effects, influencing the behaviour and wellbeing of patients as well as the community and even research funding. Patients with …
KE Riley, MR Ulrich, HA Hamann… - AMA Journal of Ethics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Public health researchers, mental health clinicians, philosophers, and medical ethicists have questioned whether the public health benefits of large-scale anti-tobacco campaigns are …
ObjectiveAlthough palliative care is critical to managing symptoms, pain, and transitions to end-of-life care among those facing serious or chronic illness, it is often underused, which …
Timely follow‐up for positive cancer screening results remains suboptimal, and the evidence base to inform decisions on optimizing the timeliness of diagnostic testing is unclear. This …