Proactive business decisions are improving cancer treatment and early detection

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AT THE CENTER: Nearly 80% of Louisiana’s land is classified as rural, and for many residents in those communities a cancer diagnosis has historically carried an added burden: The nearest high-quality treatment center is hours away. The Capital Region, shaped by pockets of poverty, high rates of modifiable risk factors and long-standing gaps in access to specialist care, sits at the center of this challenge. (iSTOCK.COM/Morsa Images)

Two of the region’s leading cancer organizations—Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Ochsner Cancer Center—are pushing deeper into underserved communities, deploying new technology and rethinkin…


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