Federal Housing Assistance and Stage at Cancer Diagnosis Among Older Adults in the US
The findings of this cohort study of older adults with cancer suggest that federal housing assistance was associated with earlier-stage diagnosis of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and NSCLC, highlighting its potential role in mitigating the adverse associations of housing insecurity with cancer outcomes.
Authors
- Katherine L. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-2916)
- Amanda L. Blackford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6519-4833)
- K. Robin Yabroff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0644-5572)
- Taylor K. Craig
- Qinjin Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-116X)
- Craig Evan Pollack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-6415)
- Daniel Polsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-9612)
- S. M. Qasim Hussaini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8006-5343)
- Cary P. Gross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-935X)
- Joan L. Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6467-6769)
- Margaret Katana Ogongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0762-9149)
Institutions
- American Cancer Society (US)
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Yale Cancer Center (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36281
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00