A new nationwide study in the US found that worry about costs is preventing many cancer survivors from getting the medical care they need: the researchers said the study raises concerns about the long-term health and wellbeing of cancer survivors. You can read about the study, led by Dr Kathryn E Weaver, an assistant professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in the 14 June online issue of Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society…

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