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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, Issue 6 747-749, Copyright © 1991 by American Public Health Association

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Socioeconomic status and survival from soft-tissue sarcomas: a population-based study in northern Italy.

G Ciccone, C Magnani, L Delsedime and P Vineis

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Turin, Italy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Differential prognosis among cancer patients according to socioeconomic status (SES) has been reported. We analyzed survival from soft tissue sarcomas (STS) according to different SES indicators. METHODS: We followed up all the adult patients with a new diagnosis of STS occurring between 1.1.1981 and 31.12.1983 in an area of Northern Italy (N = 86). RESULTS: The overall three-year survival rate was 57 percent. After adjustment for confounders, both low education and blue collar jobs were negatively associated with survival. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that patients of low SES have a poorer prognosis for STS.






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