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Many Cancer Survivors Skip Expensive Treatments

(CNN) UPDATED 2010-06-15
Financial concerns keep many cancer survivors from receiving medical treatments, a new study has found. Two million survivors skipped a medical procedure in 2009, experts say, and those under the age of 65 were twice as likely to forego treatment or leave prescriptions unfilled as older patients. Researchers say they are not sure why cancer patients are more likely than healthier people to put off treatment, but they believe it may be that cancer has already left patients in financial trouble.
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