Young cancer patients with private insurance survive longer due to better access to care and treatment. Coverage instability ...

The approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was associated with a significant improvement in 2-year overall survival among patients with advanced-stage melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. As a cancer patient, access to innovative drugs can help extend your life — that is if you have ...

Cancer is becoming increasingly common among young people, with cases slowly and steadily rising every year for the past ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with cancers of the head or neck seem to have better survival odds if they have private health insurance, research hints. Head and neck cancers include cancers of ...

We used 2003 to 2005 data from the National Cancer Data Base, a national hospital-based cancer registry, to examine the relationship between baseline characteristics and overall survival at 1 year ...

Across the UK and US, two young adults with the same tumour can face very different odds. How far do money, cover and ...