Cancer patients facing costly treatment can benefit from frank talks with doctors
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Financial aid, community resources are available. "So how much for that surgery to remove my breast and possibly save my life?" Cancer patients seldom ask that or other cost-related treatment questions in an oncologist's office. And, even if they did, many oncologists wouldn't know the answer or would want to separate treatment from expenses.