The influence of social class in the survival of cancer patients.
The influence of social class in the survival of cancer patients.
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社会阶层对癌症患者生存的影响。
DOI：
10.2105/ajph.59.2.267
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发表时间：
1969
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G. Linden
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作者：
G. Linden
This paper presents data from the California Tumor Registry on the relationship between social class and survival of cancer patients. The registry was started in 1947 with cases admitted after 1942. It now includes 57 hospitals in California. Abstracts of about 20000 new patients a year are received an estimated third of the cancer cases in the state. (Skin cancers are excluded from the registry. ) 300000 cases are on file. A 1963 report noted that patients in private hospitals had a more favorable early diagnoses and survival rate than patients in county hospitals. This difference was confirmed by comparing breast cancer groups of the same ages race and known mortality rates. Other possible causes of mortality were calculated by using 3 different life tables. Rates varied with the different tables but all indicated that patients of higher social class survive breast cancer better than lower class patients. It is assumed that patients in private hospitals are from higher social classes than those in county hospitals. Data indicate that a single life table should not used to compare the survival of groups of cancer patients which differ in social class.
