January 27 , 2025 The GIST Editors ' notes
Study shows historic redlining — a form of structural racism — affects survival in young people with cancer
by Wiley
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A recent study indicates that children and young adults with cancer face an elevated risk of dying if they live in previously redlined neighborhoods — residential areas marked in the 1920s – 1930s by lenders as undesirable for mortgage loans due to their racial demographics .
The findings are published online in Cancer .
Historic redlining prevented Black households and other communities of color from accessing home mortgages for many years , leading to economic disadvantage and racial segregation .