Cancer care disparity
A Lancet study compared 180,911 British people with an intellectual disability to over 3.4 million without.
Those with intellectual disability were:
Over 70% more likely to develop cancer before age 50
Almost 50% less likely to get urgent investigation
More often diagnosed with incurable cancer
Less likely to get treatment within 6 months
More likely to die sooner: 4 years vs 9 years.
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