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Half of cancer patients who need prior authorization for treatment wind up involved personally in seeking such advance approval

Most spent one to three days working on prior authorization, but some reported a week or more

Younger patients, men and people with advanced cancer were more likely to wind up involved in seeking prior authorization

TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients aren’t just battling a deadly disease — part of their time and energy can also be spent fighting the system intended to cure them, a new study says.

Half of cancer patients who needed prior insurance authorization for their care had to directly involve themselves in the process, researchers reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Care Symposium last

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