Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Sara Musetti It is shocking to absolutely no one that there are large disparities in health care outcomes associated with socioeconomic status. As Morgan McSweeney recently wrote for OncoBites, melanoma patients on Medicaid or without access to health insurance wait longer for doctor’s visits and have poorer outcomes than patients... Continue Reading →
Tissue Issues: Moving Towards Patient-Centered Tissue Donation for Cancer Research
Reading time: 5 minutes Patty Spears There are many issues with tissue; that is, tissue donated by patients for cancer research. Patients are often asked to donate tissue when joining a research study. Research on patient tissue is an important step to bring new discoveries from the laboratory to the clinic, which will improve the... Continue Reading →