Duke Cancer Institute: Cost of Breast Cancer Surgery Influences Many Women's Treatment
July 30, 2019
July 30, 2019
DURHAM, North Carolina, July 30 -- Duke Cancer Institute issued the following news release:
* * *
- But doctors seldom discuss financial differences between similarly effective treatments
* * *
Even among well-educated women with health insurance coverage, a significant proportion said the costs of cancer treatment influenced the type of surgery they chose for breast cancer treatment, a study led by the Duke Cancer Institute found.
. . .
* * *
- But doctors seldom discuss financial differences between similarly effective treatments
* * *
Even among well-educated women with health insurance coverage, a significant proportion said the costs of cancer treatment influenced the type of surgery they chose for breast cancer treatment, a study led by the Duke Cancer Institute found.
. . .