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medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-19

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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedThe rapid-access cancer care program Same Day/Next Day (SDND) served a higher proportion of patients with high socioeconomic risk for poor outcomes than the traditional health care path, and more socially vulnerable patients initiated therapy.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedThe study was presented at the 19th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Atlanta.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedSDND connects patients with newly diagnosed or suspected cancer with an oncology nurse practitioner or physician assistant within 48 hours through telehealth appointments.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedResearchers compared 1,111 patients evaluated by SDND providers with 1,720 patients seen by the same providers before the program was established, using the Social Vulnerability Index to stratify socioeconomic risk.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedThe analysis showed that the SDND group had a higher proportion of at-risk patients (21.8%) than the pre-SDND group (15.47%), and a higher proportion of high-risk patients received first-line therapy (17.14% vs 7.09%) in a similar time window of approximately two years.View evidenceHide evidence

As stated21.8% vs 15.47%; 17.14% vs 7.09%; approximately two years

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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe authors said a key limitation was that the study used population-level data rather than individual patient data, so it did not include stage at presentation, time to treatment, or long-term outcomes.View evidenceHide evidence

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Abstract A097: Assessing patterns of cancer screening uptake, healthcare access, health status, and the county-level Social Vulnerability Index in Louisiana

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention · 2023 · Crossref

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