JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network– introduced new associate editors, who reflect the journal’s growing focus on original research designed to improve the quality of cancer care delivery, worldwide. The expanding focus on original research is led by editor-in-chief Margaret Tempero, professor of medicine and Director of the UCSF Pancreas Center at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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.
