"Too Many Americans Still Go Without Cancer Screenings" - Dennis Thompson
Many Americans still don't get lifesaving cancer screenings because they are uninsured, a new report reveals. Uninsured people have the lowest rates of mammography, Pap testing and colon cancer screening in the United States, according to American Cancer Society researchers."The report underlines the growing disparities in cancer prevention between groups of the American populations defined according to race, ethnicity and socio-economic status," said Paolo Boffetta, MD, associate director for cancer prevention at the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
- Paolo Boffetta, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oncological Services, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Associate Director, Population Sciences, Tish Cancer Institute, Chief, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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