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Current food insecurity screening and measurement practices for cancer survivors predominantly focus on financial factors, likely underestimating patient needs by failing to adequately capture nonfinancial mechanisms such as physical limitations and transportation barriers. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To identify the financial and nonfinancial mechanisms driving food insecurity across the cancer care continuum and assess implications for measurement in clinical research and practice.

August 22, 2026

Mechanisms of Food Insecurity Following a Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Implications for Measurement.

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MKMakenzie Keen RMRebecca Catherine Mitchell EBEmily Belarmino

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Systematic review reveals complex financial and nonfinancial drivers of food insecurity across cancer survivors, indicating standard screening tools underestimate patient nutritional vulnerability.

Key Points

To identify the financial and nonfinancial mechanisms driving food insecurity across the cancer care continuum and assess implications for measurement in clinical research and practice.
Conducted a systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42024585815) across Web of Science, Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CABI, and CINAHL for US studies published through November 2024.
Dual independent reviewers screened studies, extracted clinical and measurement variables, and performed risk-of-bias and quality assessments.
Identified 21 eligible studies with reported food insecurity prevalence rates ranging from 6.2% to 72.7%.
Financial mechanisms were evaluated in 20 of 21 studies, revealing income loss, medical expenses, and work disruptions disproportionately affecting younger, low-income, and minoritized survivors.
Nonfinancial mechanisms were explicitly measured in only 1 of 21 studies, although 9 studies documented related barriers such as mobility limitations, transportation deficits, and social isolation.

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Keen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895ffeca7ade938187eea1 https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuag112

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August 22, 2026

Mechanisms of Food Insecurity Following a Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Implications for Measurement.

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MKMakenzie Keen RMRebecca Catherine Mitchell EBEmily Belarmino

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Overview

Systematic review reveals complex financial and nonfinancial drivers of food insecurity across cancer survivors, indicating standard screening tools underestimate patient nutritional vulnerability.

Key Points

To identify the financial and nonfinancial mechanisms driving food insecurity across the cancer care continuum and assess implications for measurement in clinical research and practice.
Conducted a systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42024585815) across Web of Science, Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CABI, and CINAHL for US studies published through November 2024.
Dual independent reviewers screened studies, extracted clinical and measurement variables, and performed risk-of-bias and quality assessments.
Identified 21 eligible studies with reported food insecurity prevalence rates ranging from 6.2% to 72.7%.
Financial mechanisms were evaluated in 20 of 21 studies, revealing income loss, medical expenses, and work disruptions disproportionately affecting younger, low-income, and minoritized survivors.
Nonfinancial mechanisms were explicitly measured in only 1 of 21 studies, although 9 studies documented related barriers such as mobility limitations, transportation deficits, and social isolation.

Cite This Study

Keen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895ffeca7ade938187eea1 https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuag112

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