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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(19):1431-1433; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.19.1431
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NEWS

Report Examines Association Between Cancer and Socioeconomic Status

Tom Reynolds

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The National Cancer Institute has published its first monograph focusing on the effects of socioeconomic status on cancer.

Area Socioeconomic Variations in U.S. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Stage, Treatment, and Survival, 1975–1999, published in July, is aimed at helping public health researchers and policy-makers track the nation’s progress toward reducing the cancer burden and health disparities among the U.S. population.

"The impact of socioeconomic factors on cancer has been less well studied in the past than for other chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and respiratory conditions," noted Gopal Singh, Ph.D., the monograph’s lead author. "And the association is a complex one."

Singh and colleagues examined incidence, mortality, stage at diagnosis, and survival for all cancers combined and for breast, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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