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Vulnerable patients have a decreased mortality risk when treated at CoC-accredited hospitals, ACS study says

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Vulnerable patients facing social, environmental, and economic disadvantages often experience worse cancer outcomes than other groups. Some of these disparities may be reduced by increasing access to hospitals accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

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