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Urgent care clinics provide aid to cancer patients

Urgent care centers are providing cancer patients, who often have vulnerable immune systems, an alternative that avoids the ER and hospital admission.

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Urgent care centers are providing cancer patients, who often have vulnerable immune systems, an alternative that avoids the ER and hospital admission. (NPR)

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