Inequality - A to Z
This page links to content about cancer inequalities in the UK, dissimilarities in cancer incidence and outcomes between different groups of people, such as men and women, or different ethnic groups.
Find out more using the links below.
Related categories
Inequality is a sub-category of Policy
Browse content about Inequality
Latest Inequality news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Deprivation leads to over 2,600 deaths a year
17 June 2011 - News story: Smoking 'to blame for majority of gender gap in deaths'
19 January 2011 - Press Release: Deprivation underlies thousands of cancer cases every year
14 June 2010 - News story: Early sexual encounters linked to increased risk of cervical cancer among deprived women
22 December 2009 - News story: Government plans speedier access to diagnostic tests
28 September 2009 - News story: Black men face higher prostate cancer risk
1 October 2008 - News story: Think tank warns of uneven NHS spending
10 August 2006 - Press Release: New statistics show poverty gap in cancer survival has widened
9 March 2004
- Press Release: Poorer women less likely to survive breast cancer
9 June 2011 - News story: Cancer survival rates improving across England
9 September 2010 - News story: Faults in key cancer gene could explain link between deprivation and breast cancer survival
18 February 2010 - Press Release: Rich 50 per cent more likely to take part in bowel screening
3 December 2009 - News story: Cancer survival improving in deprived areas
26 February 2009 - News story: National smoking map shows poverty link say campaigners
16 October 2006 - Press Release: Age gap brings cancer inequality
16 June 2004
Increase text
Decrease text
Print this page