Disparities in Cancer Stage Shifts Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic in California, 2020 to 2021
Interventions to improve cancer screening must be focused on racial and ethnic minoritized, underinsured, and low nSES communities, as they are likely to be more vulnerable to healthcare disruptions like the pandemic.
Authors
- Janet N. Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-2235)
- Damé Idossa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1861-3553)
- Katherine Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8948-7630)
- Dan Meltzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-5190)
- Niharika Dixit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6954-2383)
- Alice Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-4230)
- Erin L. Van Blarigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5079-3385)
- Iona C. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-2893)
- Salma Shariff‐Marco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-3333)
- Alison J. Canchola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3709-5557)
- Katarina Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7804-4850)
- Scarlett Lin Gomez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-4867)
- Annie Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-9553)
- Meg McKinley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-9764)
Institutions
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-24-0852
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28
Funders
- California Department of Public Health
- University of Southern California
- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute
- Cancer Registry of Greater California
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Cancer Institute