Social inequalities are putting thousands of cancer patients at greater risk of dying from the disease, researchers from Cambridge University suggest. The team found 5,600 people suffering from one of seven common cancers are being diagnosed at a late stage due to their gender, income, age and the type of cancer they have, reducing their chance of survival. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Lyratzopoulos G, et al. Socio-demographic inequalities in stage of cancer diagnosis: evidence from patients with female breast, lung, colon, rectal, prostate, renal, bladder, melanoma, ovarian and endometrial cancer. Ann Oncol. 2012 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23149571
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