ReviewNature communications2024
An umbrella review of socioeconomic status and cancer.
Review in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Secondhand smoke exposure and human health: an umbrella review.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
- Mapping Psychosocial Determinants for Cancer Onset: An Umbrella Review.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Life Course Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Risk of Cancer in Adulthood: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Reporting of Rurality, Deprivation, and Socioeconomic Characteristics in Cancer Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2026Pooled it
- Unsafe drinking water and human health: A global umbrella review of disease outcomes, intervention effectiveness, and policy implications.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic value of the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) index in the detection of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- The significant impact of opium use on various types of cancer: an updated - systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer Treatment in the United States: Results From a Systematic Literature Review.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterPooled it
- Association Between Socioeconomic Position and Diagnosis, Treatment and Survival of Patients With Stage I-III Rectal Cancer in the Netherlands.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Loneliness is correlated with cancer mortality in US counties: an ecological analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Income Volatility and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cause-Specific Hospitalization Among Adults With Depression: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Factors, including patient education, that impact cancer treatment adherence in low- and middle-income African countries: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- A life-course map of health risks associated with exposure to second-hand smoke.Nature human behaviour · 2026Article
- Cancer and Health Inequalities.British journal of cancer · 2026Review
- Individual and composite socioeconomic inequalities in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of kidney cancer: a population-based analysis of the SEER database.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Association Between Occupation and Cancer Risk: A Large-scale Case-control Study in Japan.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with worse survival in localized extremity soft tissue sarcoma.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Survival improvement and widening social disadvantage-related disparities in osteosarcoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-based retrospective cohort study.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Burden and Trends of Genitourinary Cancers Across the Americas: A GBD 2023 Analysis of Regional Socioeconomic Gradients.Cancers · 2026Article
- Machine Learning for Predicting Colorectal Cancer-Specific Mortality: The Role of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Public Policy.ANZ journal of surgery · 2026Article
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Abstract
Extensive evidence underscores the pivotal role of socioeconomic status (SES) in shaping cancer-related outcomes. However, synthesizing definitive and actionable insights from the expansive body of literature remains a significant challenge. To elucidate the associations between SES, cancer outcomes, and the overall cancer burden, we conducted a comprehensive burden estimation coupled with an umbrella review of relevant meta-analyses. Our findings reveal that robust or highly suggestive meta-analytic evidence supports only a limited number of these associations. Individuals with lower SES, compared to those with higher SES, are disproportionately disadvantaged by reduced access to immunotherapy, KRAS testing for colorectal cancer, targeted cancer therapies, and precision treatments for melanoma. Additionally, they exhibit lower rates of breast cancer screening and higher incidence rates of lung cancer. Furthermore, countries with a higher Human Development Index demonstrate a substantially greater burden related cancer incidence, with this disparity being more pronounced among men than women.
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