Publications by authors named "H Decker"
Clin Colon Rectal Surg
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- Housing is crucial for overall health, with unhoused individuals experiencing significantly poorer health outcomes and higher premature mortality rates, especially from cancers like colorectal cancer.
- Unhoused patients face numerous challenges throughout the cancer care process, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, which often leads to later diagnoses and reduced survival rates.
- To improve health equity for unhoused individuals with colorectal cancer, health systems should enhance access to care, improve the quality of healthcare, and address socioeconomic and environmental factors impacting their health.
