This is how much a cancer diagnosis will cost you -- in lost income

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Health isn’t the only thing that declines after a cancer diagnosis — a patient’s income is likely to plummet as well, according to a new study. In the second year after being diagnosed with cancer, survivors were earning up to 40% less than they had been before they became sick, on average. Even...

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