Is It Better to Get Cancer Treatment in the Morning?

If your doctor’s office called to schedule you for a treatment, how would you pick your appointment? Most likely, the scheduler would look at the available time slots, and you’d hear a list of available times—some early in the day, some later. Since you’ll get the same care regardless of when you go, you’d pick the one that best fits your schedule. No big deal, right?

Early reports from a recent study suggest that when it comes to a common cancer treatment, appointment timing may in fact be a very big deal.