Social Environment and Cancer in Europe: Towards an Evidence-Based Public Health Policy

The authors of this contributed volume document the wide range and diverse trends in cancer incidence and patient survival in Europe,and they identify the main mechanisms and key influences that underlie these inequalities. They suggest a series of actions and programmes to tackle these inequalities in Europe,within the conceptual framework of intervention research.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 324 pages
Publication date: 02 June 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This contributed volume addresses the link between the social environment and cancer in Europe. The authors document the wide range and diverse trends in cancer incidence and patient survival in Europe, and they identify the main mechanisms and key influences that underlie these inequalities. They suggest a series of actions and programmes to tackle these inequalities in Europe, within the conceptual framework of intervention research.

The influence of the social environment on the risk of suffering and dying from cancer is obviously a global phenomenon, as evidenced by a growing number of studies and books. In part, the underlying mechanisms are universal. Given the availability of a new standardised measure for social deprivation in Europe (the European Deprivation Index), the networking of population-based cancer registries across Europe as efficient surveillance tools, the increasing comparability of the organisation of care in European countries, and the recent launch of Europes Beating Cancer Plan, this extensive review of social inequalities in cancer on a European scale is both relevant and timely.

The book consists of 21 chapters organised in four sections:

Part I – General Considerations and Methodologic Aspects

Part II – Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Survival – Reports

Part III – Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Survival – Mechanisms

Part IV – Towards an Evidence-Based Policy for Tackling Social Inequalities in Cancer

Social Environment and Cancer in Europe: Towards an Evidence-Based Public Health Policy is a unique resource that presents up-to-date methods for analysing quantitative data. It focusses on inequalities in cancer incidence and survival within the wider framework of inequalities in health. This book will be an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working in the field of cancer control and public health.

Weight: 528g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030693312
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021