Origins of socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival: A review

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Woods, Laura M ^a   Rachet, B ^a   Coleman, M P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deprivation; Poverty; Social class; Socio economic status; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 29844450886     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj007     Document Type: Review

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