Now There’s Hope on the Navajo Nation
Tuba City, AZ – …the Navajo Nation marked a milestone moment: the opening of the first full-time cancer care center on an American Indian reservation. The culturally adapted cancer care center at TCRHCC will provide oncology services to the Navajo, Hopi, and San Juan Southern Paiutes.
WHY ONCOLOGY?
The Navajo Nation has a patient population
of 173,000.
Data shows:
o Phoenix has 1 oncologist per 16,512 people
o Flagstaff has 1 oncologist per 13,373 people
o Navajo Nation has 1 oncologist per 173,000
people
TCRHCC and its partners knew this had to change!