Members of “poor, minority and rural” populations are killed by cancer more often than other Americans because of limited access to screening and treatment options, USA Today reports. USA Today’s investigation analyzed data on screening, incidence, and death for three different types of cancer “to see where deaths exceed what’s expected based on how often cancer strikes.” Death was much more likely for cancer patients in states like Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio and Wyoming, “largely because cancers were found late, causing untold suffering and pushing up health costs for everyone,” the investigation found.
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