Without Prescription Coverage, Some Cancer Patients Do without Even Low-Cost, High-Benefit Drugs (University of Colorado Cancer Center)

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment shows that breast cancer patients whose health insurance plans included prescription drug benefits were 10 percent more likely to start important hormonal therapy than patients who did not have prescription drug coverage. Women with household income below $40,000 were less than half as likely as women with annual household income greater than $70,000 to continue hormonal therapy. Hormonal t...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news