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Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Care: Patient Access to High-Quality Oncologic Pathology

Published:2019-07-31 Issue:10 Volume:24 Page:1287-1290
ISSN:1083-7159
Container-title:The Oncologist
language:en
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Author:

Nass Sharyl J.¹,Cohen Michael B.²,Nayar Ritu³,Zutter Mary M.⁴,Balogh Erin P.¹,Schilsky Richard L.⁵,Hricak Hedvig⁶,Elenitoba-Johnson Kojo S.J.⁷

Affiliation:

1. Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

2. Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

3. Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

4. Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

5. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

6. Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

7. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract

Drawing on discussions at a workshop hosted by the National Cancer Policy Forum, current challenges in pathology are reviewed and practical steps to facilitate high-quality cancer diagnosis and care through improved patient access to expertise in oncologic pathology are highlighted

Funder

American Association for Cancer Research

American Cancer Society

American College of Radiology

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Association of American Cancer Institutes

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Cancer Support Community

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEO Roundtable on Cancer

Flatiron Health

Helsinn Therapeutics