Cancer patients are 2.5 times more likely to declare bankruptcy. Advisors are trying to help

Cancer patients are 2.5 times more likely to declare bankruptcy. Advisors are trying to help

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When Kelly Smith had a mammogram in February 2018, she got a clean bill of health.
Yet that April, as she was putting on lotion, she noticed a lump in her left breast. Several follow-up visits to her doctors confirmed the worst: She had stage 3B breast cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes.
Smith (whose name has been changed to protect her…

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