Up to 15% of U.S. counties—home to about 25 million Americans—fall outside the reach of the catchment area of this country’s cancer centers.
Kate Choi grew up hearing conversations about skin cancer. Her grandparents had it, as did her cousins.
25M Americans live outside cancer centers’ catchment areas, AACI-Jefferson study finds
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