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UNM’s Sanchez: To provide cancer care to Native American, Hispanic communities, you must first establish trust

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No Hispanic woman has ever served as director of an NCI-designated cancer center. This changed a month ago, on Feb. 6, when Yolanda Sanchez became director and CEO of The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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