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Cancer Care Without a Safety Net—How Oncology Practices Confront the Gap

JAMA Oncology 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.2587

August 07, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint uses food insecurity among patients with cancer in the US as an example of how oncology practices are addressing gaps in cancer care without the safety net of federal funding.

Corresponding Author: Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, Tennessee Oncology, 103 Natchez Park Dr, Suite 103, Dickson, TN 37055 (smullangi13@gmail.com).

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