Turning an Access Challenge Into a Lifeline for Rural Communities

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Sep 4, 20263:22Science & Medicine

STS member Dr. Sean Jordan, chief of thoracic surgery and director of lung cancer screening at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, saw firsthand the barriers rural patients in East Tennessee faced in accessing lu...

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