Cancer is a terrible disease that has taken an especially harmful toll on Native Americans. Each year, there are nearly 400 cancer cases within the Cherokee Nation health system, and
Cancer is a terrible disease that has taken an especially harmful toll on Native Americans. Each year, there are nearly 400 cancer cases within the Cherokee Nation health system, and
Cancer is a terrible disease that has taken an especially harmful toll on Native Americans. Each year, there are nearly 400 cancer cases within the Cherokee Nation health system, and nationwide, American Indians have some of the lowest cancer survival rates. Two years ago, Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and I were chatting in my office about building the new W.W. Hastings Hospital when he raised a stern warning: If we didn’t invest now in cancer care, our patients might miss out on the most promising treatments in the coming years.