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Cancer detection is worse in poor areas
Women living in deprived areas are more likely to have advanced breast cancer when they are diagnosed than those in affluent areas.
A study published in the British Medical Journal in June looked at over 12,000 women registered with breast cancer in the north of England. Lead researcher Jean Adams said: "It seems that more affluent women are being diagnosed earlier."
The research is available at bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/bmj.38114.679387.AE