
Hinze tapped into the type of state-of-the-art expertise available at the nation’s major cancer centers – and not just to people who live nearby. In particular, the 68 hospitals designated as national cancer centers by the National Cancer Institute (cancer.gov), which are supported by taxpayer dollars, are a rich resource for patients everywhere. Someone diagnosed with a particularly complex or advanced cancer may benefit greatly by traveling for treatment to a team that has had a wealth of experience with that tumor and is on the cutting edge of research. Each facility’s website makes it easy to request an appointment. “Most people who come to our hospital are not referred,” says Mark Kris, chief of thoracic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. “They come on their own.”
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