In an attempt to decrease social disparities in cancer survival, it is important to consider the mechanisms by which socioeconomic position influences cancer prognosis. We aimed to investigate whether ...

We investigated the association between socioeconomic position, stage at diagnosis, and length of period between referral and diagnosis in a nationwide cohort of lung cancer patients. It may be that ...

Although no politician has ever been "pro-cancer" several have adopted staunchly anti-cancer positions -- as safe a policy promise as you'll ever find. Richard Nixon waged a war against cancer almost ...

For Aurelia Stanley, transforming the American Cancer Society into a more diverse organization isn’t simply about changing the racial makeup of its staff. It’s about altering the way the organization ...

The rising cost of pharmaceuticals, in particular cancer drugs, has had an increasing impact on both patients and the organizational structure of oncological care. In response to this, several ...

Cancer patients, like those I treat in San Diego and thousands more across the country, are facing an alarming shortage of critical chemotherapy drugs, forcing oncologists to ration cancer treatment ...

Certain genes switch their nuclear position in tumor cells, offering a potential new method of diagnosing cancer, say researchers. Certain genes switch their nuclear position in tumor cells, offering ...

ZURICH, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A raft of data on promising cancer drugs due to be presented at two medical conferences this month could help Novartis impress both investors and physicians with its growing ...