Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records.

Dr. Chandler Park discusses the importance of genetic testing and personalized care in patients with genitourinary cancers.

To manage a cancer patient from diagnosis to stabilisation, one would need an average of N16 million to N20 million.

Healthgrades analyzed more than 40 million Medicare claims from hospitals around the country to compile the list.

Nationally, about 208 Black men per 100,000 died from cancer, as opposed to 179 per 100,000 white men, the study said. About ...