Despite the promise of geocoding and use of area-based socioeconomic measures to
overcome the paucity of socioeconomic data in US public health surveillance systems, no …

Objective: We performed a structured review of the literature to identify areas of greater and
lesser knowledge of the nature of disparities across the breast cancer continuum from risk …

Background Population-based cancer registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology,
and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are mainly based on …

Objective: The majority of research on breast cancer risk and socioeconomic status (SES)
has been conducted for blacks and whites. This study evaluates the relationship between …

Rationale Exposure to ambient air pollutants has been associated with increased lung
cancer incidence and mortality, but due to the high case fatality rate, little is known about the …

Background For many childhood cancers, survival is lower among non‐Hispanic blacks and
Hispanics in comparison with non‐Hispanic whites, and this may be attributed to underlying …

Abstract Background: African-Americans are more likely than Caucasians to be diagnosed
at an advanced stage of colorectal, lung, breast, cervical, and prostate cancers. This study …

BACKGROUND Temporal cervical cancer incidence and mortality patterns and ethnic
disparities in patient survival and stage at diagnosis in relation to socioeconomic deprivation …

Objectives: To explore whether mortality from female breast, ovarian, colon, and prostate
cancer were negatively associated with exposure to sunlight. Methods: A death certificate …

Background: Women are at higher risk of breast cancer if they have higher socioeconomic
status (SES) or live in higher SES or urban communities. We examined whether women …