Cancer care collaborations benefit patients and providers

Dennis Bruens calls it a journey, the challenging navigation from cancer diagnosis through happy or heartbreaking conclusion. That journey is personal, but one not made in solitude as teams of professionals assist in guiding patients through the complex network of treatments. 

That journey is being taken by more victims of cancer as a greater number are diagnosed. Meanwhile, survival rates have risen, as have costs of treatment, forcing local care providers to develop strategies to meet the increasing need and compete with larger cancer centers balanced against rising costs of care.