December 2, 2010 – (BRONX, NY) – Nearly a quarter of Americans
live in rural areas, which consistently report higher cancer
mortality rates than urban and suburban areas. Among the complex
causes for this disparity is that only 10 percent of physicians
practice in rural areas and almost 4 out of 10 rural residents
live at least an hour from an urban area. Finding the time,
transportation, and financial resources for travel to urban
academic medical centers, the standard bearers for quality
cancer care, often proves difficult. Most rural residents have
their cancer treated in their communities, although a survey
suggests rural physicians are less likely to attend national
medical conferences and may have difficulty keeping up with
important oncology literature. Christine Pellegrino, M.D.To help
address this disparity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University recently released a new web-based continuing
medical education (CME) program designed to bring clinical
research findings and expert advi