Gail M. Wilkes|Harold P. Freeman|Marianne N. Prout
Cancer and poverty: Breaking the cycle
Boston University|Harlem Hospital Center|Boston University|Harlem Hospital Center|Boston University|Harlem Hospital Center
poverty contributes increase cancer incidence mortality economically disadvantaged higher incidence several cancers lower survival rates cancer sites combined number factors responsible increased mortality morbidity cancer among poor include lack employment lack education inadequate housing lack access medical care chronic malnutrition fatalistic attitude successful strategies must taken reverse trends