Part I - General Considerations and Methodologic Aspects
1 Social Inequities in Cancer: Why Develop Scientific Research?
2 Population-Based Cancer Registries: A Data Stream to Help Build an Evidence-Based Cancer Policy for Europe and for European Countries
3 The European Deprivation Index: A Tool to Help Build an Evidence-Based Cancer Policy for Europe
4 Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence: Methodological Considerations
5 Social Disparities in Cancer Survival: Methodological Considerations
Part II - Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Survival - Reports
6 Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence Among Adults in Europe
7 Social Disparities in Survival from Breast Cancer in Europe
8 Social Disparities in Survival from Prostate Cancer in Europe
9 Social Disparities in Survival from Lung Cancer in Europe
10 Social Disparities in Survival from Head and Neck Cancers in Europe
11 Disparities in Cancer Survival in Adults in Europe: The CONCORD Programme
Part III - Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Survival - Mechanisms
12 Overview of Main Mechanisms Involved in Social Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Prognosis
13 Behavioural Factors in the Social Gradients in Cancer Incidence
14 Occupational Factors in the Social Gradients in Cancer Incidence
15 Environmental Determinants of the Social Gradient in Cancer Incidence
16 Life-Course Approach, Embodiment, and Cancer
17 Role of Screening in the Social Gradient for Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe
18 The Role of Comorbidities in the Social Gradient in Cancer Survival in Europe
19 Geographical Remoteness and Cancer Survival in Europe
Part IV - Towards an Evidence-Based Policy for Tackling Social Inequalities in Cancer
20 Links Between Research in Public Health and Public Health Policy: The Conceptual Framework of Interventional Research
21 Social Inequalities in Cancer: The Policies of the European Commission.