NCI is on the cusp of releasing designs for its National Cancer Plan, an initiative that would guide the institute’s mission and portfolio for years to come and engage everyone in oncology to “end cancer as we know it,” said NCI Director Monica Bertagnolli.
How’s this for a paradox: The better cancer centers become at keeping patients alive, the more expensive cancer care becomes. This brutal tradeoff hits harder in rural areas, where the cancer burden is higher and the investigator and clinical trial representation is lower.
