ASCO Launches Task Force to Address the Cancer Care Gap in Rural America

June 25, 2019 – Despite progress being made in cancer survivorship – there are currently nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States – not everyone is benefiting equally, especially those patients living in rural communities across America. According to “The State of Oncology Practice in America, 2018: Results of the ASCO Practice Census Survey” report, although about 19% of the population live in rural areas, just 7% of oncologists practice there, limiting patients’ … (leggi tutto)