Lung Cancer Incidence and Survival in England: An Analysis by Socioeconomic Deprivation and Urbanization

Introduction:Most previous studies have investigated either socioeconomic deprivation or urbanization in relationship to lung cancer incidence or survival. We investigated the association between socioeconomic deprivation, urbanization, and lung cancer incidence and survival in England.Methods:We extracted data on patients diagnosed with lung cancer (ICD-10 C33-C34) between 2003 and 2007 and who were resident in England. We assigned each patient...