UnitedHealthcare, a unit of the nation’s largest health insurer based on revenues, has started sending doctors individualized reports assessing their treatment of breast, lung and colorectal cancer patients. The reports show that while breast-cancer patients generally receive care that conforms to professional protocols, treatments given for colorectal and lung cancer tend to fail to meet expert recommendations more often.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703357104575045261652218880.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

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