Providing Cancer-Related Services To Tribal Communities

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Dr. Daniel Petereit, Radiation Oncologist in Rapid City and Principal Investigator on cancer disparity program called Walking Forward. 

American Indians have one of the highest rates of cancer deaths in the United States. Walking Forward provides cancer-related services to tribal communities; including education, screening, diagnosis and clinical trials. A new initiative looks at lung cancer screening for high-risk smokers. 

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Cara Hetland is the Director of Radio and Journalism Content for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.