The public health imperative to reduce the burden of lung cancer has seen unprecedented
progress in recent years. Fully realizing the advances in lung cancer treatment and control …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women in multiple countries including
the United States. Women are exposed to unique risk factors that remain largely …

Chronic illness stigma is a global public health issue. Most widely studied in HIV/AIDS and
mental illness, stigmatization of patients living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) …

Timely follow‐up for positive cancer screening results remains suboptimal, and the evidence
base to inform decisions on optimizing the timeliness of diagnostic testing is unclear. This …

Background Smokers are a stigmatized population, but an important population to reach for
the purpose of research. Therefore, innovative recruitment methods are needed that are …

Objective This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with stigma in breast
cancer women. Methods PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and two …

Stigma, defined as social devaluation based on negative stereotypes toward a particular
population, is prevalent within health care and is a common phenomenon in disorders of gut …

Background Stigma is known to negatively influence cancer patients' psychosocial
behaviour and treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to systematically review the …

Objective Social support may have a positive impact on health outcomes for patients and
caregivers, but the extent to which social support and health outcomes are interrelated for …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and carries a greater degree of stigma.
Lung cancer stigma contributes to social isolation and increases loneliness, which has an …