Cancer's unrecognized toll: time
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_he_me/cancer_time_lost"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061213/capt.sge.abz69.131206171001.photo00.photo.default-512x380.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=Rrh9WypDFcHJV3hWlD__Ng--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A patient undergoes radiation treatment in Ahmedabad, India, in November 2006. Elderly men with early prostate cancer live significantly longer if they receive treatment than those who adopt a wait-and-see approach, as commonly recommended, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)" border="0" /></a>AP - The hours spent sitting in doctors' waiting rooms, in line for the CT scan, watching chemotherapy drip into veins: Battling cancer steals a lot of time ? at least $2.3 billion worth for patients in the first year of treatment alone.</p><br clear="all"/>