Access to Optimal Care: Disparities Between EU and US

Oncology practices are not equal across the globe. In this episode of Healthcare Unfiltered, 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, join host Dr. Chadi Nabhan in an effort to shed light on the differences in oncologic care between the US and the EU. Topics of discussion include:

• 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
• physician lifestyle and expectations

This episode originally appeared on chadinabhan.com.