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socioeconomic deprivation
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Disadvantaged neighbourhoods may contribute to racial disparities in risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men with prostate cancer living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods show significantly higher activity of stress-related genes than those living in other neighbourhoods. The observational study, published in JAMA Network Open, 12 July, found that neighbourhood disadvantage was positively associated with the…
HPV vaccination programme will reduce cervical cancer health inequalities
England's HPV vaccination programme is helping to close inequalities in cervical cancer, cutting incidence rates across the socioeconomic spectrum. The study, published in the BMJ, found that the vaccination programme was associated with a substantially reduced incidence of cervical cancer…