Many women 'refuse breast cancer treatment'
A new study has revealed that large numbers of women are turning down the opportunity for breast cancer treatment.
The news, which may boost the need for breast cancer insurance, has been announced by Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, which conducted the research.
According to the healthcare experts, almost a quarter of African-American women refuse chemotherapy and radiation treatment even though it could save their lives.
Dr Monica Rizzo, an assistant professor of surgery in the division of surgical oncology at the establishment, says the statistics are surprising given that African-American women have almost twice the rate of advanced breast cancer compared to Caucasians.
"We looked at martial status as well as religious background of those women and, unfortunately, we were not able to find any clear identifier," she explains.
In related news, researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee, have discovered that a gene signature may predict the outcome of clinical trials and also shed light on breast cancer tumour growth, which may interest cancer insurancecustomers.
By James McCann 
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