Cancers Found Later Among Uninsured

Cancers often are found at later stages in people with no health insurance, researchers report. The study was based on data from 3.7 million U.S. cancer cases. All were diagnosed between 1998 and 2004. Cancers were two to three times as likely to be found late in people with no insurance. The same was true for people on Medicaid. Overall, people with private insurance were diagnosed earlier. Cancer usually is easier to cure in early stages. The Associated Press wrote about the study February 18. It was published in the journal Lancet Oncology.