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Inequalities in cancer diagnostic outcomes for patients with a learning disability: a retrospective cohort study in England

2026-02-07

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<h4>Objectives</h4> The cancer diagnostic process may be more complicated for patients with a learning disability (“intellectual disability” outside of the UK) than for other patients. We aimed to investigate whether patients with a learning disability were more likely to experience disadvantage in cancer diagnostic pathways and outcomes. <h4>Design</h4> A retrospective cohort study using routinely collected lin...

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Literature Corpus work: 9bffd88e-be96-5442-8eb0-dfc3d51b28cb
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.03.26345112

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