Background: Cancer survival is known to be associated with socioeconomic status. The
income gap between the richer and poorer segments of the population has widened over …

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a range of health outcomes,
including cancer diagnosis and survival. However, the evidence for this association is …

BACKGROUND: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worsened cancer
survival. The authors evaluate the impact of SES on stage of cancer at diagnosis and …

Background Cancer survival statistics can provide a means to assess the effectiveness of
the cancer care system, including early detection strategies, the quality of clinical care, and …

PURPOSE: Two previous studies, by Gorey et al. and Boyd et al., compared associations
between socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer survival in Canada and the United States …

Background Disparities in cancer survival by socioeconomic status have been reported
previously in Australia. We investigated whether those disparities have changed over time …

Background: This study investigated socioeconomic inequalities in premature cancer
mortality by cancer types, and evaluated the associations between socioeconomic status …

Background Area-based socioeconomic measures are widely used in health research. In
theory, the larger the area used the more individual misclassification is introduced, thus …

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important factor in cancer survival; however,
results are heterogeneous and linked to characteristics of the study population and health …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To study the size and consistency of socioeconomic differences in
cancer patient survival as reported in published studies. METHODS--A systematic review …