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US Cancer Survivors Face Significant Economic Burden

Medical costs, health insurance access, and lost productivity have an impact

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2014.  U.S. cancer survivors face significant economic burdens due to growing medical costs, missed work, and reduced productivity, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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 “Cancer survivors face physical, emotional, psychosocial, employment and financial challenges as a result of their cancer diagnosis and treatment,” said Donatus U. Ekwueme, PhD,…

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