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‘I’m fighting my case all the time’. Candidacy, stigma, and negotiated access in cancer care: experiences of adults with intellectual disability and their supporters

2026-05-22

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background People with intellectual disability experience substantial inequities in cancer outcomes, including later-stage diagnosis and higher mortality. While disparities in awareness and screening are well documented, less is known about how inequities arise across the cancer care pathway following symptom presentation. Understanding how access to diagnosis and treatment is negotiat...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9527263/v1

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