Report: Reducing Social Inequalities in Cancer: Evidence and Priorities for Research (European Union)

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Primary purpose: To summarize scientific evidence and identify research priorities for reducing social inequalities in cancer, with a focus on variations in incidence, survival, and mortality between countries and social groups, and to provide guidance for policymakers and public health officials on interventions to address these inequalities.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

Type of information: The importance of social inequalities in the cancer continuum, methods for measuring socioeconomic status and inequalities, social inequalities in cancer between countries, with a focus on cancer survival and perspectives from Africa; Social inequalities in cancer within countries, including Indigenous populations, refugees, and disparities between racial populations in the USA; Social inequalities in cancer risk factors and access to healthcare, mechanisms and context underlying social inequalities in cancer, theoretical frameworks, income inequality, the role of health systems, economics, and the law in addressing cancer inequalities, understanding socioeconomic determinants and biological factors, tackling social inequalities in cancer, assessing the impact of public health interventions, research priorities in different regions, low-cost approaches, lessons from the AIDS response, technology's role, and the concept of the inverse care law.

Data level: global level.

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