What is Community Oncology?

Описание: Did you know that the majority of Americans battling cancer receive their care in what is known as a community oncology practice?

As you might have guessed, a community oncology practice is in the community, near where patients work and live. And it is staffed by your neighbors and community members.

Community oncology practices are usually independent and owned by the doctors themselves – not a big hospital or corporation. While they sometimes rent space from hospitals, they are proudly independent.

Because they are independent, community oncology practices can deliver cancer care that is lower cost and more efficient – up to 50% cheaper than other practice settings!

Community oncology practices also come in all shapes and sizes. Some are just a small one with one doctor, while others can have dozens of doctors at multiple locations.

Big cities, small towns, and everywhere in-between - community oncology practices are also located everywhere! They are where patients with cancer need them.

With this all, community oncology practices offer patients access to cutting-edge drugs, treatments, and the latest clinical trials.

Perhaps most importantly, because community oncology practices are local and independent, the care they deliver is personal. No one is just a number, they are treated like the friends and neighbors they are.

Community oncology – for us, its personal.