Saturday, November 22, 2008

Insurance Status Linked to Severity of Cancer at Diagnosis

The severity of oropharyngeal and breast cancer at diagnosis is related to patients' insurance status, with uninsured or Medicaid patients more likely to have advanced cancer, according to two studies published online June 11 in Cancer.

www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=433236&ref=25