Two separate reports relating to health and healthcare in Punjab released last week have underlined that the poor, especially in rural areas, remain the most vulnerable to cancer. Their inability to pay medical expenses decreases their chances of survival, and plunges them further into poverty. The first report, released by Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research(PGIMER), Chandigarh said more cancer patients in rural areas die than in urban parts of the state, mainly due to late diagnosis of the disease. 

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