A new study finds that newly diagnosed patients sometimes have a hard time getting an appointment with an oncologist. This was true even for patients with private health insurance. According to the study, that's because of the typical pre-appointment expectations for new patients. They include referral requirements, paperwork and routing of medical records and test results.
Study: Cancer patients face challenges
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By ABC7
June 3, 2011
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