Sociodemographic disparities and hospice referral practice patterns among patients with recurrent cervical cancer
Brittany H. File, Marianne R. Rara, Rakesh S. Nemmani, Jenny Chang, Robert E. Bristow · 2026
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Brittany H. File and co-authors study hospice referral patterns in returned neck of womb cancer in a 2026 article on uneven care. This cancer ranks fourth among cancers in women in the world, and disease that spreads or returns kills often despite screening and vaccines. Social factors such as race, income, schooling, and home area shape who gets comfort care in time, past work suggests.
Late referral to comfort and hospice care has been reported for Black, Hispanic, and other non White groups in wider cancer care. Those referred late also show more hospital stays for symptoms, a sign that support came too late to ease the load at home. The study weighs how referral timing and rates split by social group in this cancer, to flag where fair access breaks down.
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| CREATOR | Brittany H. File, Marianne R. Rara, Rakesh S. Nemmani, Jenny Chang, Robert E. Bristow |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27490 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |