Income, Behavioral Factors May Drive Cancer Death Disparities

In recent decades, fewer Americans overall are dying from cancer, and yet major disparities in cancer mortality rates still exist and continue to grow across the nation.

In a new study, Yale researchers have identified specific socioeconomic and behavioral factors that may be contributing to these widening cancer death disparities in the United States. The key factors include food insecurity, smoking, physical inactivity and quality of health care.

For the study, the researchers looked at...

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