A new study from the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center highlights a disparity in cancer care: the depressed spouses of cancer patients are 33 percent less likely to receive adequate treatment for depression than are patients whose spouses don’t have cancer. Couples who live in rural areas are 72 percent less likely to receive recommended care for depression (including medication and talk therapy) than the depressed spouses of those without cancer.
How is the enterprise of cancer research doing after the first 100 days of the Trump administration?
