Medicine and Health

Socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival: how do they translate into Number of Life-Years Lost?

A. Exarchakou, D. Kipourou, et al.

This compelling study examines the alarming socio-economic inequalities affecting cancer survival in England, revealing that deprived patients, especially young adults facing poor-prognosis cancers, suffer significantly greater losses in life-years. The authors, Aimilia Exarchakou, Dimitra-Kleio Kipourou, Aurélien Belot, and Bernard Rachet, urge for targeted cancer policies to combat these disparities.

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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival in England on the Number of Life-Years Lost (NLYL) due to cancer. Analyzing data from 1.2 million patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2014, the researchers found that more deprived patients, particularly young adults with poor-prognosis cancers, lost significantly more life-years. The study emphasizes the need for cancer policies to explicitly address these inequalities.

Publisher

British Journal of Cancer

Published On

Feb 11, 2022

Authors

Aimilia Exarchakou, Dimitra-Kleio Kipourou, Aurélien Belot, Bernard Rachet

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