Disadvantaged 'twice as likely to die from cancer'

People living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland can be twice as likely to die from cancer as the well off, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

Disadvantaged 'twice as likely to die from cancer'

People living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland can be twice as likely to die from cancer as the well off, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

The society said something has to be done about Ireland's widening healthcare gap.

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