Barriers to cancer treatment and care for people experiencing structural vulnerability: a secondary analysis of ethnographic data

Table 2 Structurally vulnerable participants’ cancer characteristics (n = 16)

Characteristic		# of participants
Cancer site	Liver	4
	Lung	1
	Dual diagnosis: Lung and liver	1
	Head and neck	2
	Prostate	2
	Colorectal	1
	Anal	1
	Bone	1
	Adrenal	1
	Cervical	1
	Bone	1
	Skin	1
Stage at diagnosis^a	III or IV	13
Location of diagnosis^b	Emergency room or hospital	9
Location of diagnosis^b	Specialist office	1
Eligible for treatment at diagnosis?^c	Yes	7
Eligible for treatment at diagnosis?^c	No	3

^aBased on 13 participants. The stage at diagnosis could not be determined from the primary data collected for three structurally vulnerable participants.
^bBased on 10 participants. It could not be determined from the primary data the location of diagnosis for six of the participants.
^cBased on 10 participants. It could not be determined from the primary data whether six participants were eligible for treatment at diagnosis.

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