BACKGROUND: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worsened cancer
survival. The authors evaluate the impact of SES on stage of cancer at diagnosis and survival in …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It is known that the socioeconomic status (SES) of the patient
is associated with cancer survival in the United States. The purpose of this study was to …

BACKGROUND Associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence of
cancer have been reported previously in the US Canada has more comprehensive health care …

Purpose: The objectives of this study were as follows:(1) to compare the magnitude of the
association between socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer survival in the Canadian …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether: (i) radiotherapy (RT) utilization
varies with age in Ontario cancer patients; (ii) age-associated differences in the use of RT (if …

… Mackillop Collection and assembly of data: Weidong Kong, Jina Zhang-Salomons Data
analysis and interpretation: Robert Pearcey, Qun Miao, Weidong Kong, Jina Zhang-Salomons …

BACKGROUND To the authors’ knowledge, the incidence of biliary tract cancer (BTC) in
Canada is unknown. In the current study, the authors sought to describe the epidemiology of …

Purpose Estimates of the appropriate rate of use of radiation therapy (RT) are required for
planning and monitoring access to RT. Our objective was to compare estimates of the …

Background. We have previously used an evidence-based, epidemiologic approach to
estimate the proportion of incident cases that should be treated with radiotherapy (RT) for lung …

PURPOSE: Two previous studies, by Gorey et al. and Boyd et al., compared associations
between socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer survival in Canada and the United States. …