Kou K, Baade PD, Gatton M, et al. - Researchers examined cancer-specific survival rates as well as socioeconomic status (SES) differences on esophageal cancer survival in a population-based cohort including inhabitants of Shandong Province, China who were diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The unadjusted 1-, 3-, and 5-year cause-specific survival rates were estimated to be 59.6%, 31.9%, and 23.6%, respectively. A higher risk of esophageal cancer–related death was reported in patients of blue-collar occupations vs those of white-collar occupations in the first 2 years following diagnosis. A higher risk of death was observed among rural patients vs urban patients in the first 3 years following diagnosis. In this Chinese population, esophageal cancer survival varied by socioeconomic status. Better short-term or long-term cancer survival was reported in relation to higher individual- or area-level SES.