Episode 113: Access to Optimal Care – Disparities Between EU and US

Access to Optimal Care: Disparities Between EU and US

Episode 113: Access to Optimal Care – Disparities Between EU and US

To shed light on the differences in oncologic care between the US and the EU, Chadi invites a returning guest as well as a newcomer: Jarushka Naidoo, MBBCH, MD, Chair of the Thoracic Oncology Division, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre (Dublin, Ireland), and Marina Chiara Garassino, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine. The trio discuss discrepancies in diagnostics and pathology, how tissue samples are handled at molecular laboratories, treatment (oral and intravenous) and biopsy availability due to regulatory approvals, palliative care and hospice, academic and industry clinical trials and funding, and physician lifestyle and expectations.

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