RT Journal Article
T1 Socio-Economic Inequalities in Lung Cancer Outcomes: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.
A1 Redondo-Sanchez, Daniel
A1 Petrova, Dafina
A1 Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel
A1 Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo
A1 Jimenez-Moleon, Jose Juan
A1 Sanchez-Perez, Maria-Jose
K1 diagnosis
K1 disparities
K1 education
K1 income
K1 inequalities
K1 lung cancer
K1 socio-economic
K1 survival
K1 treatment
AB In the past decade, evidence has accumulated about socio-economic inequalities in very diverse lung cancer outcomes. To better understand the global effects of socio-economic factors in lung cancer, we conducted an overview of systematic reviews. Four databases were searched for systematic reviews reporting on the relationship between measures of socio-economic status (SES) (individual or area-based) and diverse lung cancer outcomes, including epidemiological indicators and diagnosis- and treatment-related variables. AMSTAR-2 was used to assess the quality of the selected systematic reviews. Eight systematic reviews based on 220 original studies and 8 different indicators were identified. Compared to people with a high SES, people with a lower SES appear to be more likely to develop and die from lung cancer. People with lower SES also have lower cancer survival, most likely due to the lower likelihood of receiving both traditional and next-generation treatments, higher rates of comorbidities, and the higher likelihood of being admitted as emergency. People with a lower SES are generally not diagnosed at later stages, but this may change after broader implementation of lung cancer screening, as early evidence suggests that there may be socio-economic inequalities in its use.
PB MDPI AG
SN 2072-6694
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20867
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20867
LA en
NO Redondo-Sánchez D, Petrova D, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Fernández-Navarro P, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Sánchez MJ. Socio-Economic Inequalities in Lung Cancer Outcomes: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 13;14(2):398
NO High resolution study of social inequalities in cancer (HiReSIC), Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC) (PROYE20023SÁNC). Cancer Epidemiological Surveillance Subprogram (VICA) of the CIBERESP, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Dafina Petrova is supported by a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship from the Ministry of Science and the National Research Agency of Spain (MCIN/AEI, JC2019-039691-I, http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033, accessed on 4 October 2021).
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RD Apr 7, 2025