Cancer in adults with intellectual disability: a systematic review of prevalence and incidence
Comparisons across studies are limited by heterogeneity in definitions of intellectual disability, study settings and cancer case identification. Challenges in synthesising cancer data in this population highlight the urgent need to identify people with intellectual disabilities at a population level and in cancer registries to help develop evidence that supports policy and practice in this area. Robust evidence is needed to inform clinical decision-making and policy development as the current epidemiological evidence is currently insufficient for this purpose.
Authors
- Alyson L Mahar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6862-3760)
- Philip McCallion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5129-6399)
- Andrew Wormald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6616-3190)
- Martin J. McMahon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-9537)
- Valerie Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2249-6038)
- Jessica Eustace‐Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-5477)
- Louise Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-4859)
- Mary McCarron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2531-0422)
- Stephanie Walsh
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Queens University (BD)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-15014-x
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00