Table 5.
Summary table of available cancer diagnostic and treatment services in the USAPI. Data based on Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry 2007–2018 report [18].
| Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathologist | Radiologist | FNA | MRI/ PET Scan |
Surgical Specialist | Chemotherapy | Radiation Therapy | Off-Island Referral System | |
| Guam | Available | Available | Available | Available | Gen. Surg., Urologist, OB-Gyn, Oncologist, Surg. Subspecialist | Available | Available | Available |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | Available | Available | Available | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn, Oncologist, Surg. Subspecialist | Available | Unavailable | Available |
| Republic of Marshall Islands | Unavailable | Available | Available | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn, ENT | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available |
| Republic of Palau | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available |
| Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) | ||||||||
| Chuuk, FSM | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn, Surg. Subspecialist | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available |
| Korae, FSM | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available |
| Pohnpei, FSM | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn, Ortho | Available | Unavailable | Available |
| Yap, FSM | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable | Gen. Surg., OB-Gyn | Available | Unavailable | Available |