Navigating the High Cost of Cancer Treatments

Jorge Cortes, MD

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Dr. Jorge Cortes addresses the difficulties patients have in dealing with the high cost of cancer treatments and calls for an effort to make these drugs more affordable. He asserts that physicians should try to help by understanding the needs of their patients, educating them, and involving their social workers and pharmacies.

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