Fake doctor treated cancer patients…

Phony doctor treated thousands of patients over years, some of them for cancer, prosecutors say Stephan Gevorkian, 44, of Studio City, California, is charged with five felony counts of practicing medicine without certification, the Los Angeles County DA said. A …

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Cancer is so expensive to treat that 42% of patients deplete their entire life’s assets to afford treatment within the first 2 years says study

Results Across 9.5 million estimated new diagnoses of cancer from 2000–2012, individuals averaged 68.6±9.4 years with slight majorities being married (54.7%), not retired (51.1%), and Medicare beneficiaries (56.6%). At year+2, 42.4% depleted their entire life’s assets, with higher adjusted odds …

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