Research finds low uptake of supportive care at the end-of-life for patients with advanced cancer
Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led ...
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The Need for Payer Support in Overcoming Cancer Care Disparities
Susan Escudier, MD, FACP, discusses the impact of insurance coverage gaps, transportation barriers, and financial hardships on cancer care access and emphasizes the need for payers to better support ...
Undocumented man leaves Las Vegas after being denied cancer treatment
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - After 21 years of living in Las Vegas, an undocumented man is leaving the country – not because of ...
Canada's number of new breast cancer cases in 2024 was at an all-time high. An Ontario woman says she felt 'gaslit' after her diagnosis at 33
There were around 30,800 new breast cancer cases in Canada in 2024. One Ontario woman explains what it was like getting diagnosed in her 30s.
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Denied by Insurance? Why Fighting Back Sometimes Works
After three years, $40,000 in medical bills and five insurance denials, April and Justin Beck finally won their bat ...
Man with stage 4 cancer raises $150K for experimental treatment
A father from Seattle, Washington was shocked and overwhelmed after strangers came together to raise more than $150k for him ...
Breast ultrasounds are 'matter of life and death,' but getting insurance to cover screening can be a challenge
For women with dense breast tissue, ABUS automated ultrasound scans can detect cancers that mammograms can miss. But since ...
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Why we THON: How Four Diamonds helps kids with cancer
News 8 spoke with the executive director of Four Diamonds about how money raised during Penn State THON helps childhood cancer patients.