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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(11):730-731; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj251
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Life Insurance: Coming to a Cancer Survivor Near You

Joel B. Finkelstein

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Life insurers are putting their money where cancer researchers' mouths have been for some time.

Over the past several years, life insurance companies have begun to examine how much longer patients with breast and prostate cancer are living. Largely on the basis of data collected by cancer researchers, a few companies have lowered the price of policies for cancer survivors who were once considered risky.

"What you are looking at is a population that would have an extraordinarily intense appreciation for the value of life insurance," said Steven N. Weisbart, Ph.D., an economist with the Insurance Information Institute in New York City. "To the degree that one can safely underwrite an insurance policy for these people, this . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Apply Wisely: Advice for Cancer Survivors


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