Stating that cancer is an important public health problem of the present century due to organ loss and disability as well as being fatal especially in delayed cases, Dr Gülgün Çiğdem, Faculty Member of Istanbul Gelisim University, did a scientific research called ‘Is Poverty Another Cause of Cancer? An Empirical Analysis’. Adding another to the known cancer risk factor in her study that conducted by the 1980-2015’s data taken by Census Bureau of America and National Cancer Institute of America, Ms Çiğdem empirically determined that poverty is one of the reasons for cancer. The study that was stated poverty as a cause of cancer was published in the World Cancer Research Journal in Italy.

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