Advancing equity for people with intellectual disabilities: Closing the neglected cancer policy gap

Martin McMahon; Suzanne Denieffe; Kate Sykes; Peter Knapp; Maarten Cuypers; Pınar Soylar; Adela Elena Popa; Dalia Ismail Ibrahim; Bahar Aksoy; Seda Cansu Yeniğün Akbulut; Katerina Flora; Soner Dogan; Bilge Güvenç Tuna; Ayşegül Ilgaz; Gunilla Kulla; Jasmin Mušanović; Rebecca Hansford; Amina Banda; Derya Özalp Ünal; Özge İşeri; Eda Sahin; Fatoş Uncu; Dragana Milutinović; Damla Altın; Merve Sena Topkaya; Edanur Tar Bolacali; Eilish A. Burke; Şebnem Özdemir; Burcu Akciğer; Serghei Sprincean; Kálya Yasmine Lima; Dušanka Tadić; Fatima Kassymbekova; Eleonora Passeri; Terézia Kisková-Šimková; Emel Bahadir Yilmaz; Mairead O'Connor; Lau Caspar Thygesen; Trine Allerslev Horsbøl; Vladimir Vukovic

doi:10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100672

Advancing equity for people with intellectual disabilities: Closing the neglected cancer policy gap

Martin McMahon^*, Suzanne Denieffe, Kate Sykes, Peter Knapp, Maarten Cuypers, Pınar Soylar, Adela Elena Popa, Dalia Ismail Ibrahim, Bahar Aksoy, Seda Cansu Yeniğün Akbulut, Katerina Flora, Soner Dogan, Bilge Güvenç Tuna, Ayşegül Ilgaz, Gunilla Kulla, Jasmin Mušanović, Rebecca Hansford, Amina Banda, Derya Özalp Ünal, Özge İşeriEda Sahin, Fatoş Uncu, Dragana Milutinović, Damla Altın, Merve Sena Topkaya, Edanur Tar Bolacali, Eilish A. Burke, Şebnem Özdemir, Burcu Akciğer, Serghei Sprincean, Kálya Yasmine Lima, Dušanka Tadić, Fatima Kassymbekova, Eleonora Passeri, Terézia Kisková-Šimková, Emel Bahadir Yilmaz, Mairead O'Connor, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Trine Allerslev Horsbøl, Vladimir Vukovic

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Original language	English
Article number	100672
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Cancer Policy
Volume	47
Early online date	5 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100672
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2026

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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McMahon, M., Denieffe, S., Sykes, K., Knapp, P., Cuypers, M., Soylar, P., Popa, A. E., Ibrahim, D. I., Aksoy, B., Akbulut, S. C. Y., Flora, K., Dogan, S., Tuna, B. G., Ilgaz, A., Kulla, G., Mušanović, J., Hansford, R., Banda, A., Ünal, D. Ö., ... Vukovic, V. (2026). Advancing equity for people with intellectual disabilities: Closing the neglected cancer policy gap. Journal of Cancer Policy, 47, 1-3. Article 100672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100672

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