A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology adds further evidence to reality that money- and the lack of it- has a lot to do with what kind of cancer treatment a patient receives.
Louisiana State University School of Public Health researchers examined data from the CDC regarding women with locoregional breast cancer in seven US states and determined that women who lived in high-poverty areas were much more likely to receive cancer care that did not conform to oncology treatment guidelines for standards of care.
Their work showed that 35% of women received chemotherapy and 20% received hormone therapy that did not conform to established guidelines. More than four in five of the women lived in low-poverty areas and 51% were treated at non-Commission on Cancer hospitals.
Commission on Cancer hospitals are required to follow guidelines established by the National Cancer Institute and about 70% of hospitals in the US are Commission members. But if a patient goes to a non-Commission hospital, they can't expect that their treatment will conform to the best known standards.
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology
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