
Community oncology teams partner with health systems to deliver advanced therapies safely, using hybrid dosing, toxicity backup, and local follow-up.
Andrea Eleazar, MHS is an assistant editor for Targeted Oncology, covering leukemias/lymphomas and topics in public health, health policy, & oncology practice.
Andrea holds a Master of Health Science in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as a BS in Public Health and certificate in Writing & Publishing from Drexel University.
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Community oncology teams partner with health systems to deliver advanced therapies safely, using hybrid dosing, toxicity backup, and local follow-up.

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