Randall Holcombe: The Vermont cancer care model, a rural cancer care revolution

This commentary is by Randall Holcombe, M.D., of Burlington. He is the associate dean for cancer programs at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine and director of the UVM Cancer Center, Vermont’s only not-for-profit comprehensive clinical and research cancer center. 
At a recent appointment, one of my patients asked me, “How long are you staying around?”It wasn’t a casual question. In rural Vermont, folks have seen their share of “locums