NATIONWIDE IMPACT
In August 2009, AICC conducted a nationwide survey of physicians who provide patients with comprehensive cancer care within multi-specialty physician group practices. AICC received responses from 875 physicians in 35 multi-specialty physician practices across the country. Responses were received from small, medium and large size groups (ranging from nine to 102 physicians) in 18 states covering all regions of the country. These practices furnish care in urban and suburban settings, and many of the physician practices serve patients in rural communities. Combined, the physicians who responded to the AICC Survey treat more than 185,000 cancer patients annually and see over 22,000 new cases of prostate cancer each year. In 2009, this will amount to more than one out of every 10 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer in the United States.
