Abstract
Social inequality in the cancer continuum refers to systematic differences between social groups that affect people’s risk of developing cancer, the likelihood that they receive effective and timely (or any) treatment for the cancer, whether they survive, and whether they have access to palliative care. Such inequality can occur on many axes, including, but not limited to, a person’s socioeconomic status (SES), race or ethnicity, sex, disability, sexuality, and geographical location.