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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998 90(8):567-569; doi:10.1093/jnci/90.8.567
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Non-Physician Providers May Ease Oncology Work Force Crisis

The cancer treatment needs of the aging baby boom generation may create a crisis in the oncology work force, according to James L. Wade III, M.D., president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers. And oncologists may not be the force to solve the dilemma.


An estimated tally of medical oncologists -- roughly 1.8 full-time equivalent medical oncologists per 100,000 U.S. adults -- may be adequate for right now, said Wade, "but I think that the work force is probably inadequate to meet the growing need over the next 10 years." He said the situation could be exacerbated if experienced oncologists, tired of health care . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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