Even without worrying about a reluctance to confront complications, would a cash-strapped York have transferred Susan to a tertiary care facility, or would they have assured a well-insured patient they could take care of her broken neck?

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Clinical results from MSKCC and many of the other most renowned tertiary care centers are widely known to be unable to ever be reproduced in broader populations, almost certainly because patients at places like MSKCC are disproportionately younger, more fit, have more resources, and have whatever other intangible benefits are conferred by being motivated to travel beyond their local cancer center for very specialized care.

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