When you're first diagnosed, you immediately go to the internet, and you can be overwhelmed in short order... The more you read about it, the more complicated it gets.
Many of the two million patients diagnosed with cancer in the United States each year get the news from a primary care doctor... It can shape the care you receive, your satisfaction with the treatment and your chances of survival.
Not everyone has a choice of oncologists. There are fewer providers in rural areas, and patients must travel farther to reach them.
Ideally, experts said, you'd be able to easily compare doctors' levels of experience and the outcomes of patients they've treated with your same diagnosis.
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