'Worrying' class gap in breast cancer survivors

Published on Wednesday 24 September 2008 10:06

THERE is a "worrying" gap between the number of affluent women surviving breast cancer compared with those from deprived backgrounds, research suggested today.

The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, looked at more than 380,000 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1986 and 1999.

One year after diagnosis, survival rates were lower for breast cancer patients from deprived backgrounds than those from affluent backgrounds.