[HIATUS] The Cancer Mavericks EP7: The Inequity of Cure: Who Gets to Matter

Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary by Matthew Zachary

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In 1987 , Mary P. Lovato , a member of Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico, was diagnosed with acute leukemia. To receive a bone marrow transplant, she had to travel more than 800 miles from home because specialized cancer care wa...

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