Cervical Cancer Care Poorer at Small Centers
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NEW YORK  - Women with cervical cancer who  get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less  likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly women with invasive  cervical carcinoma are less likely to receive aggressive  treatment than younger patients, and are more likely to die  from the disease, a new study shows.
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Some experts say the push to use nuclear particle accelerators for cancer-fighting reflects the best and worst of the  market-based U.S. health care system.
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Older, less educated and lower-income women are less likely to get a mammogram even when their insurance pays for it, and those who go without mammograms are more likely not to be diagnosed with breast cancer until the disease has advanced, according to a
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Throughout rural America, breast cancer screening is significantly underused, especially among poor minority populations, a new study finds.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations.
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In the United States, rates of  invasive cervical cancer declined between 1998 and 2002,  although significant racial, ethnic, and geographic differences  persisted, according to pre-vaccine surveillance data covering  87 percent the population of women.
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Expert centers with extensive experience in managing cancer are more costly, but they are also more cost-effective in managing ovarian cancer in the long-term, U.S. researchers report.
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More than one-third of American women are infected by human papilloma virus (HPV), which in rare cases can lead to cervical cancer, by the time they are 24 years old, according to a study being published today.
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NEW YORK  - In the long run, survival after cancer surgery appears to differ little at hospitals designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as &quot;centers of excellence&quot; compared with other high-volume hospitals, according to a new
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About half of all US patients receive inadequate health care, the private National Committee for Quality Assurance said in its annual report released Wednesday.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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CERVICAL cancer rates are falling, but the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) says women are still missing out on routine screening.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.