Study: Poor Men More Likely to Die of Colorectal Cancer

Poor men are more likely to die of colorectal cancer than more affluent men, according to findings presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference.

Researchers used the Scottish Cancer Registry and analyzed the incidence and death rates for five socio-economic sections from 2004-2009 for 18,000 cases of colon and rectal cancer. Researchers found an increased incidence of 48.4-54.4 for colorectal cancer and an increased mortality rate of 8.6-10.1 and 11.5-13.5 for rectal and colon cancer respectively.

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