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SPOTLIGHT: 'Fuel poverty' a concern for UK cancer patients
Nineteen percent of cancer patients receiving treatment in the UK last year were in "fuel poverty"-- when a household is forced to spend more than 10 percent its income on total fuel use, according... Read more...
Report: Cancer patients struggle to pay for care
A new report concludes that cancer patients may face significant challenges in paying for life-saving treatment, even if they have commercial health insurance. The report, from the Kaiser Family... Read more...
Cancer rates drop for first time
There's good news on the cancer front: For the first time since the government started keeping track, the rate of cancer in the U.S. has decreased. Researchers already knew that the number of cancer... Read more...
Study: Medicaid patients don't get cancer screening
Medicaid patients may not be getting the screening they need for cancers such as colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer--and a new study suggests that it may be due in large part to their primary... Read more...
High gas prices discourage patients from getting treatment
Well, the following isn't surprising but it's still a shame. Increasingly, it's begun to look as though U.S. residents with illnesses forcing them to travel often or go long distances are postponing... Read more...
