title: [Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancer in Denmark--secondary publication].
abstract: This register-based study describes social variations in cancer incidence and survival in 3.22 million Danish residents born 1925-1973 and aged >or= 30 years. We followed up for cancer incidence in 1994-2003 and for survival in 1994-2006, yielding 147,973 cancers. The incidence increased with lower education and income, especially for tobacco- and other lifestyle-related cancers. Social inequality in the prognosis of most cancers was observed, with poorer relative survival related to fewer advantages, often most pronounced in the first year after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Kraeftens Bekaempelse, Institut for Epidemiologisk Kraeftforskning og Afdeling for Forebyggelse & Dokumentation, København Ø, Denmark. sanne@cancer.dk
authors.forename: Susanne Oksbjerg
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schüz
authors.forename: Christoff er
authors.initials: Ce
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: Gerda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Engholm
authors.forename: Susanne Krüger
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kjaer
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steding-Jessen
authors.forename: Hans H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Storm
authors.forename: Jørgen Helge
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015996:Survival Rate