The double burden of severe mental illness and cancer: a population-based study on colorectal cancer care pathways from screening to end-of-life care.

Our findings reveal discrepancies across the care continuum of CRC between individuals with and without SMI and provide initial avenues on where to focus future efforts to address them, notably at the entry and exit stages of cancer care pathways, while calling for further research on the mechanisms preventing equity of physical healthcare for individuals with SMI.