Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records.

Many older adults with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment but not a lot of supportive care, according ...

Cancer in Iowa report highlights the array of needs for cancer survivors. The report notes that while there are nearly ...

Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers revealed that close to half of ...

Jade E. Jones, MD, of Emory Winship Cancer Institute, shares how considering patients' travel needs, social services, and insurance concerns can help improve access to care.

Researchers analyzed 33,744 fee-for-service Medicare decedents with distant-stage breast, prostate, pancreatic, or lung cancers who died between 2014 and 2019.

Uncertainty for people with cancer can mean delayed care, missed appointments, and strain that results in worse health ...

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest in a series of natural disasters that have disrupted cancer care.

Susan Escudier, MD, FACP, discusses the impact of insurance coverage gaps, transportation barriers, and financial hardships on cancer care access and emphasizes the need for payers to better support ...

Monthly utilization of acute care, systemic therapy, and supportive care (i.e., palliative ... one-quarter of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer received any palliative care in the last ...

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records.