Swiss study finds income affects prostate cancer patients' survival
Monday, September 28, 2009 - 04:56
in Health & Medicine
Prostate cancer patients of low socioeconomic status are more likely to die than patients with higher incomes. That is the finding of a new study from Swiss researchers to be published in the 1 December issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's findings indicate that poor prostate cancer patients receive worse care than their wealthier counterparts...