<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/02-07/downstate-maimonides-partnership.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>02/07/2023 06:33:01 PM</pubDate><title>SUNY Downstate and Maimonides Health Expand Cancer Care in Central Brooklyn</title><sub-title/><description>Statistics show that people diagnosed earlier with cancer are more likely to survive, have better care experiences, and have lower treatment morbidity, resulting in an improved quality of life compared with those diagnosed later. However, access to quality healthcare and positive health outcomes in underserved communities can vary among neighborhoods when impacted by high poverty rates, low insurance rates, the underinsured, and limited access to affordable healthcare.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/news/2023/_images/maimonodies-downstate-group.jpg" alt="SUNY Downstate Maimonides"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/02-07/downstate-maimonides-partnership.xml</loc><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>