Socioeconomic Disparities and Cancer

Do socioeconomic disparities limit the impact of proven preventive interventions in most countries?

Within countries, cancer mortality is often higher, and cancer survival lower, in groups with low socioeconomic status and other disadvantaged groups, for cancer overall and for most cancer types.

Even in high-income countries, socioeconomic disparities limit the impact of proven preventive interventions.

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