Eastern Maine Medical Center is joining the Dana-Farber Cancer Care Collaborative.
Dr. Merrill Garrett, medical director of EMMC’s Cancer Care, says the collaboration build on a decades-long relationship with Dana-Farber and will help bring the latest practices in cancer treatment to the Bangor area.
“That is going to bring more of the Dana-Farber investigator-initiated trials to our center. These are trials that we’ve been sending patients down for consideration, and many of whom were not able to do it because they couldn’t travel that far,” she says.
Garrett says the collaboration will benefit staff and patients.
“No. 1, for the patients, it’s basically assuring them that the care they get here in Brewer is what they would also get in Boston,” she says.
And Garrett says EMMC physicians will have opportunities to shadow and consult with Dana-Farber specialists.
A doctor with Dana-Farber says working with EMMC will further their understanding of cancer and improve treatment.
