Socioeconomic variation in colon cancer tumour factors associated with poorer prognosis.
Analysis of population-based registry data (n=7393) showed that more deprived colon cancer patients had lower risk of the mucin-producing adenocarcinoma subtype, proximal subsite (to the descending colon), and no greater risk of high-grade tumours. Tumour factors therefore appear unlikely to account for socioeconomic gradients in survival.
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Evidence for Population Health Unit, University of Manchester, UK. georgios.lyratzopoulos@man.ac.uk
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D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom