Prior authorizations draining time, energy from many cancer patients

Published Date: 15 Oct 2025

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. The findings are published in the journal JCO Oncology Practice.

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