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Cancer

PROLOGUE

The Special Case Of Cancer

Cancer is the number-two killer of Americans, with roughly 560,000 projected to die this year from this family of diseases. But millions more are now living for many years with cancer, thanks to advances in screening, diagnosis, and treatment. For millions, then, cancer has become in effect a chronic disease—albeit one whose profile is decidedly different than for other chronic conditions like diabetes. But cancer care, like most health care delivered in the United States, is plagued with quality issues and subject to wide disparities.

Tackling the issue of quality, Lynn Etheredge explores the leadership role that Medicare might play . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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