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Patients diagnosed with cancer while incarcerated were matched to those diagnosed within 12 months after incarceration and to those with no history of incarceration. Analysis was performed between March 2024 and January 2025.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Incarceration status at time of cancer diagnosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The main outcomes were treatment initiation within 60 days and receipt of recommended pretreatment and therapeutic care, ascertained from medical records and tumor registries. Logistic regression was used to evaluate odds of treatment initiation by 60 days. The proportion of recommended elements of pretreatment and therapeutic care received was calculated, and group differences were assessed using \u03c72<\/jats:sup> tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The sample included 690 individuals (233 diagnosed during incarceration, 221 diagnosed within 12 months after incarceration, and 236 with no incarceration history). The mean (SD) age was 49.7 (12.1) years, and 611 (88.6%) were male. Compared with those with no history of incarceration, those diagnosed with cancer during incarceration were less likely to initiate treatment within 60 days (169 of 209 [80.9%] vs 131 of 189 [69.3%]; OR, 0.49 [95% CI, 0.31-0.79]). Initiation of treatment within 60 days was not statistically different for those diagnosed after incarceration vs those with no history of incarceration (144 of 187 [77.0%]; OR, 0.81 [95% CI, 0.49-1.34]). Those diagnosed with local and regional cancers during incarceration received 49.2% of recommended treatment-related care (31 of 63 measures), while those diagnosed after incarceration received 45.3% (34 of 75 measures), compared with 66.7% (36 of 54 measures) among those with no history of incarceration (P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). People diagnosed with local and regional cancers during incarceration received 80.6% of recommended pretreatment evaluation (54 of 67 measures), and those diagnosed after received 96.8% (59 of 68 measures), compared with 78.1% (50 of 64 measures) among those with no history of incarceration (P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study of people with a history of incarceration, incarceration was associated with lower likelihood of receiving timely, high-quality cancer treatment. 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