Income and Cancer Survival Rates

Poor people less likely to survive cancer than the rich: study, By Meagan Fitzpatrick, August 1, 2010, Vancouver Sun: “Cancer patients from rich communities have better survival rates than patients from poor ones, according to new Canadian research. The study, being published Monday in the American Cancer Society’s journal CANCER, found significant differences in the survival rates of patients from various socioeconomic backgrounds. With several different cancers, patients living in lower-income communities had a greater chance of dying prematurely than patients from higher-income areas, the study says…”