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Atul Gawande, M.D., surgeon, author and invited speaker addressed the audience of radiation oncologists at the ASTRO annual meeting in Boston. His message mirrored one that has been woven through many of his published articles and books. He observed that our specialty had developed many new devices, machines, and practices over the past 10 years. But how did we know, he asked, if we were implementing the advanced technology correctly?
About 85% of cancer patients in the US are currently being treated for their cancer diagnosis in community hospital settings. Rural/community cancer center physicians are challenged by the need to have a level of expertise in all cancer site treatments. In order to serve community cancer patients well, the community oncologist must function as the "general practitioner" of oncology and yet practice cutting edge oncology for many different cancer diagnoses. In stark contrast, the oncologist practicing at a major cancer center will likely focus their entire career on one disease site and have several colleagues in their department doing the same. Both entities, essential to the practice of medicine, needed to be linked.
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