Patients on Medicaid or uninsured are more likely to have advanced laryngeal cancer at diagnosis

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Individuals with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer at diagnosis were more likely to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid than those with private insurance, according to a study led by Amy Y. Chen, M.D., M.P.H. of Emory and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta.

Laryngeal (voice box) cancer is diagnosed in nearly 10,000 men and women in the U.S. each year. Stage at diagnosis influence prognosis and treatment greatly.

Patients who were diagnosed with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer were also more likely to be female, black, between the ages of 18 and 56 and live in ZIP codes with low proportions of high school graduates and low median incomes.

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[Source: The Cancer Blog]