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WINDSOR, ONT. -- Canada's system of universal medicare beats the U.S. system when it comes to cancer survival in the poor, say the authors of a study of cancer patients in both countries. But the study's implied criticism of the American system doesn't sit well with at least one cancer authority south of the border. Lead investigator Dr. Kevin Gorey (PhD), an epidemiologist and professor of social work at the University of Windsor, found that for the poorest one-third of the population, surviving cancer in Toronto was considerably more likely than in Detroit. The researchers, who published their results this month in the American Journal of Public Health, followed 130,000 cancer cases over five years. For the 15 most common types of cancer, there was a 20% higher Canadian survival rate after one year, and a more than 50%...