Guy Launoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 272485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Launoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Launoy |
| SIGNATURE | LAUNOY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Inserm |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7052-0242 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Geographical variability in cancer incidence explained by the socioeconomic environment
BACKGROUND: The incidence of lung cancer is unequally distributed in France. Although several studies have shown a link between the socioeconomic environment of populations and the incidence of cancer, the contribution has not been quantified. We aimed to analyse the geographical variability of lung cancer incidence in Normandy and calculate the proportion explained by the socioeconomic environment. METHODS: We included 7665 lung cancer cases rec…
Spatial Accessibility to Primary Care in Metropolitan France
Accessibility to care is a major public health issue. Various tools to assess it are available, but they do not solve the problem of scale. Moreover, accessibility is a multidimensional concept that is not taken into account with current tools. The SCALE index aims to overcome these two limitations by proposing a synthetic measure on a more precise scale than the administrative unit or the sub-municipal scale. Under the assumption of access to ca…
Unpacking occupational and sex divides to understand the moderate progress in life expectancy in recent years (France, 2010’s)
Overall, the limited LE progress in France results from LE stalling in the middle of the sex-OC gradient, though LE increases at both ends. At the lower end, LE progress and lifespan homogenization suggest that laggards benefit recently improvements achieved earlier in other OCs. At the upper end, LE progress may come from a vanguard group within higher-lever OC, benefiting new sources of improvements. These findings underscore the need for furth…
Area-based social inequalities in adult mortality
Background: In order to tackle social inequalities in mortality, it is crucial to quantify them. We produced French deprivation-specific life tables for the period 2016-2018 to measure the social gradient in adult all-cause mortality. Methods: Data from the Permanent Demographic Sample (EDP) were used to provide population and death counts by age, sex and deprivation quintile. The European Deprivation Index (EDI), applied at a sub-municipal geogr…
Can an Ecological Index of Deprivation Be Used at the Country Level? The Case of the French Version of the European Deprivation Index (F-EDI)
Most ecological indices of deprivation are constructed from census data at the national level, which raises questions about the relevance of their use, and their comparability across a country. We aimed to determine whether a national index can account for deprivation regardless of location characteristics. In Metropolitan France, 43,853 residential census block groups (IRIS) were divided into eight area types based on quality of life. We calcula…
Social Environment and Cancer in Europe
Same Chance of Accessing Resection? Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Resection Rates Among Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma—A Systematic Review
Cancer Mortality and Deprivation
The respective parts of incidence and lethality in socioeconomic differences in cancer mortality. An analysis of the French network Cancer registries (FRANCIM) data
Assessment of the ecological bias of seven aggregate social deprivation indices
The study inventoried the aggregate indices available in France and evaluated their assessment of individual SES
Development of a cross-cultural deprivation index in five European countries
BACKGROUND: Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across Europe will improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and causes of inequalities. This will facilitate developing, implementing and assessing new and more effective policies, and will improve the comparability and reproducibility of health inequality studies a…
Influence of a screening navigation program on social inequalities in health beliefs about colorectal cancer screening
The aim of the study was to test whether a screening navigation program leads to more favorable health beliefs and decreases social inequalities in them. The selected 261 noncompliant participants in a screening navigation versus a usual screening program arm had to respond to health belief measures inspired by the Protection Motivation Theory. Regression analyses showed that social inequalities in perceived efficacy of screening, favorable attit…
The influence of geographical access to health care and material deprivation on colorectal cancer survival
Construction of an adaptable European transnational ecological deprivation index
BACKGROUND: Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over time. This study proposes a method for constructing a French European deprivation index, which will be replicable in several European countries and is related to an individual deprivation indicator constructed from a European survey specifically designed to study deprivati…
Socioeconomic determinants for compliance to colorectal cancer screening. A multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: Compliance in cancer screening among socially disadvantaged persons is known to be lower than among more socially advantaged persons. However, most of the studies regarding compliance proceed via a questionnaire and are thus limited by self-reported measures of participation and by participation bias. This study aimed at investigating the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on compliance to an organised colorectal cancer screen…
Cancer registry data based estimation of regional cancer incidence
STUDY OBJECTIVE: In many countries, cancer registries cover only a small part of the national population. Cancer incidence for the rest of the country has therefore to be estimated. This can be done from mortality data using the relation between incidence and mortality observed in the cancer registry areas. Such an approach was used to study geographical variation and trend of colorectal and breast cancer incidence in France where 10% of the nati…
Screening for colorectal cancer
Screening for colorectal cancer: the role of the general practitioner. G Launoy, C Herbert, and M GignouxCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.10.1693-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Influence of rural environment on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of colorectal cancer
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Several studies have shown that residential location (urban or rural) influences the incidence of colorectal cancer. The aim was to investigate the influence of rural environment on colorectal cancer history and survival in a well defined population. DESIGN--Patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed in the department of Calvados (France) were classified by place of residence (urban/rural) and information on clinical symptoms, tum…
Development of a cross-cultural deprivation index in five European countries
BACKGROUND: Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across Europe will improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and causes of inequalities. This will facilitate developing, implementing and assessing new and more effective policies, and will improve the comparability and reproducibility of health inequality studies a…
Construction of an adaptable European transnational ecological deprivation index
BACKGROUND: Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over time. This study proposes a method for constructing a French European deprivation index, which will be replicable in several European countries and is related to an individual deprivation indicator constructed from a European survey specifically designed to study deprivati…
Influence of rural environment on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of colorectal cancer
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Several studies have shown that residential location (urban or rural) influences the incidence of colorectal cancer. The aim was to investigate the influence of rural environment on colorectal cancer history and survival in a well defined population. DESIGN--Patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed in the department of Calvados (France) were classified by place of residence (urban/rural) and information on clinical symptoms, tum…
Influence of a screening navigation program on social inequalities in health beliefs about colorectal cancer screening
The aim of the study was to test whether a screening navigation program leads to more favorable health beliefs and decreases social inequalities in them. The selected 261 noncompliant participants in a screening navigation versus a usual screening program arm had to respond to health belief measures inspired by the Protection Motivation Theory. Regression analyses showed that social inequalities in perceived efficacy of screening, favorable attit…
The influence of geographical access to health care and material deprivation on colorectal cancer survival
Socioeconomic determinants for compliance to colorectal cancer screening. A multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: Compliance in cancer screening among socially disadvantaged persons is known to be lower than among more socially advantaged persons. However, most of the studies regarding compliance proceed via a questionnaire and are thus limited by self-reported measures of participation and by participation bias. This study aimed at investigating the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on compliance to an organised colorectal cancer screen…
Influence of rural environment on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of colorectal cancer
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Several studies have shown that residential location (urban or rural) influences the incidence of colorectal cancer. The aim was to investigate the influence of rural environment on colorectal cancer history and survival in a well defined population. DESIGN--Patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed in the department of Calvados (France) were classified by place of residence (urban/rural) and information on clinical symptoms, tum…
Screening for colorectal cancer
Screening for colorectal cancer: the role of the general practitioner. G Launoy, C Herbert, and M GignouxCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.10.1693-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Cancer registry data based estimation of regional cancer incidence
STUDY OBJECTIVE: In many countries, cancer registries cover only a small part of the national population. Cancer incidence for the rest of the country has therefore to be estimated. This can be done from mortality data using the relation between incidence and mortality observed in the cancer registry areas. Such an approach was used to study geographical variation and trend of colorectal and breast cancer incidence in France where 10% of the nati…
Socioeconomic determinants for compliance to colorectal cancer screening. A multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: Compliance in cancer screening among socially disadvantaged persons is known to be lower than among more socially advantaged persons. However, most of the studies regarding compliance proceed via a questionnaire and are thus limited by self-reported measures of participation and by participation bias. This study aimed at investigating the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on compliance to an organised colorectal cancer screen…
Construction of an adaptable European transnational ecological deprivation index
BACKGROUND: Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over time. This study proposes a method for constructing a French European deprivation index, which will be replicable in several European countries and is related to an individual deprivation indicator constructed from a European survey specifically designed to study deprivati…
The influence of geographical access to health care and material deprivation on colorectal cancer survival
Development of a cross-cultural deprivation index in five European countries
BACKGROUND: Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across Europe will improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and causes of inequalities. This will facilitate developing, implementing and assessing new and more effective policies, and will improve the comparability and reproducibility of health inequality studies a…
Influence of a screening navigation program on social inequalities in health beliefs about colorectal cancer screening
The aim of the study was to test whether a screening navigation program leads to more favorable health beliefs and decreases social inequalities in them. The selected 261 noncompliant participants in a screening navigation versus a usual screening program arm had to respond to health belief measures inspired by the Protection Motivation Theory. Regression analyses showed that social inequalities in perceived efficacy of screening, favorable attit…
Assessment of the ecological bias of seven aggregate social deprivation indices
The study inventoried the aggregate indices available in France and evaluated their assessment of individual SES
The respective parts of incidence and lethality in socioeconomic differences in cancer mortality. An analysis of the French network Cancer registries (FRANCIM) data
Cancer Mortality and Deprivation
Social Environment and Cancer in Europe
Same Chance of Accessing Resection? Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Resection Rates Among Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma—A Systematic Review
Can an Ecological Index of Deprivation Be Used at the Country Level? The Case of the French Version of the European Deprivation Index (F-EDI)
Most ecological indices of deprivation are constructed from census data at the national level, which raises questions about the relevance of their use, and their comparability across a country. We aimed to determine whether a national index can account for deprivation regardless of location characteristics. In Metropolitan France, 43,853 residential census block groups (IRIS) were divided into eight area types based on quality of life. We calcula…
Area-based social inequalities in adult mortality
Background: In order to tackle social inequalities in mortality, it is crucial to quantify them. We produced French deprivation-specific life tables for the period 2016-2018 to measure the social gradient in adult all-cause mortality. Methods: Data from the Permanent Demographic Sample (EDP) were used to provide population and death counts by age, sex and deprivation quintile. The European Deprivation Index (EDI), applied at a sub-municipal geogr…
Spatial Accessibility to Primary Care in Metropolitan France
Accessibility to care is a major public health issue. Various tools to assess it are available, but they do not solve the problem of scale. Moreover, accessibility is a multidimensional concept that is not taken into account with current tools. The SCALE index aims to overcome these two limitations by proposing a synthetic measure on a more precise scale than the administrative unit or the sub-municipal scale. Under the assumption of access to ca…
Unpacking occupational and sex divides to understand the moderate progress in life expectancy in recent years (France, 2010’s)
Overall, the limited LE progress in France results from LE stalling in the middle of the sex-OC gradient, though LE increases at both ends. At the lower end, LE progress and lifespan homogenization suggest that laggards benefit recently improvements achieved earlier in other OCs. At the upper end, LE progress may come from a vanguard group within higher-lever OC, benefiting new sources of improvements. These findings underscore the need for furth…
Geographical variability in cancer incidence explained by the socioeconomic environment
BACKGROUND: The incidence of lung cancer is unequally distributed in France. Although several studies have shown a link between the socioeconomic environment of populations and the incidence of cancer, the contribution has not been quantified. We aimed to analyse the geographical variability of lung cancer incidence in Normandy and calculate the proportion explained by the socioeconomic environment. METHODS: We included 7665 lung cancer cases rec…
Medicine (13 works) · Demography (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Cancer (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works)