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Date:12/19/2007

et and that most of these safety-net services are neither effective nor efficient in providing chronic-disease prevention, detection, or treatment, writes Elmer Huerta, M.D., American Cancer Society president, in an accompanying editorial. The truth is that our national reluctance to face these facts is condemning thousands of people to die from cancer each year and thousands more to die of other diseases, adding that [f]or too many hardworking average Americans, paying for cancer treatment means not paying rent, mortgage (resulting in foreclosure or eviction), or utility bills, or even going hungry.

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Contact: David Sampson david.sampson@cancer.org American Cancer Society Source:Eurekalert

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