The full story from the wire service says that this research from the American Cancer Society, published in its journal, Cancer, did not ask respondents, cancer survivors, what kind of care they needed but did not get because they could not afford it.

AP

“Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn’t afford it, according to a new study.

“All together, more than 2 million of 12 million U.S. adult cancer survivors did not get one or more needed medical services, the researchers estimate.

“The study is being called the first to estimate how often current and former patients have skipped getting care because of money worries. It was led by Kathryn Weaver, a researcher at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.”

…”Survey participants were asked if they had needed medical care in the previous year but didn’t get it because they couldn’t afford it. Cancer survivors younger than 65 were between 1.5 and 2 times more likely to have said yes to that question than those who hadn’t had cancer.” (Emphasis added)

Source: AP, June 14, 2010