Brazil: Acre state gets top cancer unit
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Cancer patients covered by the public health system (SNS) in Brazil's Acre state will no longer have to travel to neighbouring states to receive care at one of the country's "high complexity oncology units". The Unacon diagnostic and therapy unit that has begun to operate in state capital Rio Branco is designed to handle up to 1,000 new cases of cancer per year, according to the federal government.
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