Disabled people die of cancer that we can prevent, shows our study

Disabled people lose screening programs that can facilitate detect cancer early and after diagnosis, they survive less often, Our study shows.

In general, this means that disabled people die more often because of cancer than people without disability.

Together, we combine evidence showing striking unevenness in the heart of the current approaches to controlling cancer.

However, there are ways to improve access to types of screening programs and cancer services. Many people without routine operate of disability.

What we did and what we found

We analyzed evidence from 73 studies from around the world. The research compared the results of cancer in disabled people for people without.

Let’s start with cancer screening, one way to prevent death from cancer. Screening raises early signs of cancer or can prevent its development in the problem if it is found early enough. Early detection usually means more treatment options and a better chance of a good result.

However, our review stated that disabled people lose their lives of screening programs around the world, including breast cancer, cervical and intestines.

In fact, some studies in our review shown These cancer are more likely that they will be diagnosed at the advanced stage of the disabled.

After diagnosing, disabled people are still in an adverse situation. We found lower survival indicators than patients with cancer without disability.

This may result from delayed diagnosis and inaccessible treatment, and we would definitely need further tests. But we have significant evidence of some research.

Examination in Great Britain Deaths due to cancer in people with intellectual disabilities were found that more than a third diagnosed cancer after leaving the emergency department. Almost half of the tumors in the study were already at the advanced stage after diagnosing.

Another review Global evidence was found that patients with cancer with disability receive worse caring for cancer. This included delays in treatment, not subjected or over -invasive treatment. Disabled people also had less access to hospital services and painkillers.

From diagnosis to treatment, global evidence indicates that disabled people are disabled off From health services, many people without disability routinely gain access to and operate.

The situation is not different in Australia and costs life.

In previous worksWe found that cancer is the main cause of previous deaths among disabled Australians. This is the cause of about 20% of additional deaths that we see in disabled people compared to people without.

Why is this happening?

We must clearly do more to improve health care for the disabled. But we also need to take action in other areas to resolve Basic problems.

Disabled people are more likely weak and live in circumstances in an adverse situation than the rest of the Australian population, which can expose them to greater risk of cancer.

Many factors that cause cancer – for example, smoking, dissatisfied hearty food and drinking high alcohol levels – disproportionately affecting groups in an adverse situation, including disabled people.

Many disabled people live with additional diseases, which can lead to a lack of attention to routine problems. This may cause that cancer and routine tests become less priority.

Buildings where services are provided and medical diagnostic equipment are not always available to the disabled.

The healthcare system itself may be unavailable, with little support, to facilitate people with access to disabled people. For example, moving after caring for cancer can be overwhelming, especially for people who need support for daily activities, transport or communication.

People with disabilities, especially with intellectual disabilities, need additional time and support to experience conscious consent for screening, treatment or procedures – resources and time, especially filled in public healthcare systems.

Disabled people may also experience both direct and indirect discrimination in healthcare, which leads to worse results. This includes discriminatory attitudes towards disabled people and their carers and adopting assumptions about the patient on the basis of it disability.

What can we do about it?

For Cancer control To be switching on and work for disabled people, we must look at:

• prevention -Infinations in the field of public health, such as quitting smoking or a hearty lifestyle programs, must be jointly designed and adapted to the disabled

• Early detection – National screening programs must develop strategies and take dynamic steps to include disabled people. The clinics must be physically available, information must be available in a number of available formats, and additional time should be assigned to obtain real conscious consent

• Providing people with disabilities have a voice – Care of cancer must be adapted to an individual person, because everyone’s needs are different. We must support and cover disabled people in conversations about their care so that they can make conscious decisions. This means providing information in a way that works for them and enabling time to understand and ask questions

• Training of healthcare workers Understanding and responding to the needs of people with disabilities and make corrections required for optimal care for cancer, especially for intellectual disabilities.