Multifaceted efforts of governments,medical institutions,and financial organizations contribute to reducing the health inequality caused by economic differences  

作　　者：Fangshi Xu Hangyu Fu Jiancang Ma 

机构地区：[1]Department of Vascular Surgery,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University,Xi’an 710004,China

出　　处：《Cancer Biology & Medicine》2024年第12期1100-1103,共4页癌症生物学与医学(英文版)

基　　金：supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province,China(Grant No.S2024-JC-QN-1771).

摘　　要：Dear Editors,Despite great strides in cancer diagnosis and treatment,lives lost resulting from economic disparities have not received sufficient attention.Available evidence has affirmed that economic settings and levels profoundly affect the therapeutic effects of cancer patients and challenge the equity in cancer care1.Recently,a study entitled“Impact of cancer diagnosis on life expectancy by area-level socioeconomic groups in New South Wales,Australia:a population-based study”quantified loss of life expectancy(LOLE)caused by differences in socioeconomic status(SES)2.Cancer patients from the most disadvantaged areas faced a more severe LOLE than cancer patients from the least disadvantaged areas.Specifically,the LOLE gap between bladder cancer patients with different economic levels is as high as 1.7 years(8.3 vs.6.6 years).Clearly,reducing this loss of life originating from economic imbalance via policy guidance or economic strategy is of great significance.Herein we offer some recommendations for this intractable issue.

关 键 词：diagnosis BLADDER DISADVANTAGE 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]