Lori Pierce: Therapies are of no use when patients can’t get off work to be treated

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As she became president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Lori J. Pierce decided to focus on equity in cancer care as her year-long presidential theme.

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Robert A. Winn, MD
Director, VCU Massey Cancer Center; Senior associate dean for cancer innovation, VCU School of Medicine; Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
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