Cancer patients face a care gap living in regional areas

2024-02-03 4,703

A new study is looking at how the tyranny of distance is affecting people in regional and rural Australia when they're seeking treatment for cancer. Victorian woman Rhonda Mowat was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer when she was 56 and had to make 37 round trips, of over 800 kms each time, to seek treatment in Melbourne

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