Individuals with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer at diagnosis were more likely to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid than those with private insurance, according to a study led by Amy Y. Chen, M.D., M.P.H. of Emory and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta.
Laryngeal (voice box) cancer is diagnosed in nearly 10,000 men and women in the U.S. each year. Stage at diagnosis influence prognosis and treatment greatly.
Patients who were diagnosed with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer were also more likely to be female, black, between the ages of 18 and 56 and live in ZIP codes with low proportions of high school graduates and low median incomes.
1. Not surprising, and I wonder if the statistics shopw a similar trend for other cancers and illneses as well; people tend to delay medical treatment when they can't afford it.
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Richard Day Gore
Posted at 6:48AM on Aug 27th 2007 by richard day gore