Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Oct 1994
ReviewCancer patient survival by socioeconomic status in seven countries: a review for six common cancer sites [corrected].
To study the size and consistency of socioeconomic differences in cancer patient survival as reported in published studies. ⋯ Socioeconomic differences in cancer survival are generally small and their contribution to socioeconomic differences in cancer mortality is probably small too. These findings have implications for the type of health policy measures which should be taken to reduce socioeconomic differences in cancer mortality.