Why Some Women Don’t Follow Up on Breast-Cancer Therapy

Researchers have found that patients who did not adhere to their medication schedule for chronic conditions, such as diabetes, prior to a breast cancer diagnosis were twice as likely to skip oral adjuvant hormonal therapy after their diagnosis. Patients who skipped medications for their chronic conditions had a 23 percent non-adherence rate to hormone treatment,… Continue reading Why Some Women Don’t Follow Up on Breast-Cancer Therapy