Cancer's New Patient Demographic; Will Survivorship Change The Face Of Cancer Care?
Executive Summary
The 16 million survivors of cancer in the US today form a restless constituency with its own disparate set of interests – and by sheer weight of numbers is beginning to direct changes to medical practice that pose both risks and opportunity for biopharma.
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