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Studies link insurance coverage to more advanced cancers
06-11-2007 · EurekAlert!Two new studies find the uninsured and people with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer compared to those with private insurance.
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- Study finds no link between working the night shift and an increased risk of cancer
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- Heavy multivitamin use may be linked to advanced prostate cancer
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- Rural patients' colon and lung cancers diagnosed earlier, Dartmouth research says
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- Health insurance co-payments deter mammography use
01-23-2008 · EurekAlert!
A new Brown University study shows that even small health insurance co-payments have a big effect on mammography rates. Rates for receiving these critical breast cancer screening exams were 8 percent lower in plans requiring co-payments compared with plans with full health insurance coverage. Researchers at Brown's Alpert Medical School and Harvard Medical School publish their results in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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- Insurance status linked to cancer outcomes
12-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new report from the American Cancer Society finds substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care and poorer outcomes for cancer patients. The report finds the uninsured are less likely to receive recommended cancer screening tests, are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage disease, and have lower survival rates than those with private insurance for several cancers.
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- Other highlights in the Dec. 25 JNCI
12-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
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01-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
The addition of Cetuximab (brand name Erbitux) to radiation therapy treatments does not increase the rate or duration of some side effects in the treatment of advanced head and neck cancers, according to a study presented at the plenary session today at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, co-sponsored by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society for Clinical Oncology and the American Head and Neck Society.
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