Patients with cancer should have the same access to precision medicine, clinical trials, and comprehensive cancer care no matter what type of insurance they have, and it should be easier for patients and their families to get needed treatments, according to a hematologist/oncologist and policy leader for City of Hope National Medical Center.
Joseph Alvarnas, MD, vice president of government affairs at City of Hope and chief clinical adviser of AccessHope in Duarte, California, called for community oncologists and academic centers to join forces to deliver cancer care and highlight the need for a Bill of Rights for patients with cancer, which would highlight gaps that are fueling health care disparities.
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