1.3 million cancer patients were discharged from hospital inpatient stays in 2003. More than 650,000 of them were over 65.
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Men with prostate cancer spent 55.3 more hours receiving medical care in the first year after diagnosis, compared with similar people without cancer.
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In 2011, four cancers accounted for nearly half of all Medicare payments for cancer–lung and bronchus (13 percent), breast (11 percent), colorectal (11 percent), and prostate (10 percent).
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For those cancer survivors employed at any time since their diagnosis, cancer and its treatment interfered with physical tasks required for the job for 25 percent of people, and mental… [ Get More Details ]