New Findings on Cancer from University of Texas Arlington Summarized (Systematic Review of Health Insurance and Survival Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients): Cancer

2026 MAR 09 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Cancer is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Arlington, Texas, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among female adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and the second leading cause after heart disease among males in the United States. Despite recent improvements in survival outcomes, AYAs continue to experience poorer cancer survival rates compared with pediatric and older adult populations.”

Financial support for this research came from NIH Clinical Center (CC).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Texas Arlington, “Health care access and quality are substantially influenced by insurance coverage, and AYAs represent the age group with the highest proportion of uninsured individuals. The objective of this review was to examine the association between insurance status and cancer survival among AYAs to inform future policy interventions. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, peer-reviewed studies published in the United States between 2018 and 2024 were identified from PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science. Eligible studies examined associations between insurance status and survival outcomes among the AYA cancer population. Ten studies, encompassing 468,583 AYAs with cancer (60.1% female), were included. Individuals with Medicaid/public insurance, as well as those uninsured, exhibited poorer survival outcomes compared with those privately insured across multiple cancer types, including head and neck cancer, lymphoma, central nervous system tumors, hepatic carcinomas, sarcoma, germ cell, breast, thyroid, cervical, colorectal, uterine, ovarian, kidney, lung, and melanoma. Several associations appeared to be age-dependent (e.g., lymphoma). Findings from this review suggest that insurance status is associated with both short- and long-term cancer outcomes among AYAs.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The results also highlight persistent challenges in accurately assessing and categorizing insurance status within this population.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Systematic Review of Health Insurance and Survival Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 2026. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology can be contacted at: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 140 Huguenot Street, 3RD Fl, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. - www.liebertpub.com; Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology - http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/journal-of-adolescent-and-young-adult-oncology/387/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Zhaoli Liu, University of Texas Arlington, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, 411 S Nedderman Dr, Box 19407, Arlington, TX 76019, United States. Additional authors for this research include Tara Martin and Rhonda Winegar.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/21565333261417655. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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