Cancer is now the number one killer of Americans. Overcoming the disease requires the most advanced research, data sharing on a broad community level, effective prevention, and the best care for every person with cancer or at risk for cancer.

In January 2005, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) announced an alliance with Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain). This agreement created the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program, which combines HCI’s leadership in laboratory, population sciences, and clinical research with Intermountain’s nationally recognized expertise in clinical quality improvement and program development. The program allows HCI researchers to use data about cancer care and outcomes from throughout the Mountain States region, so optimal approaches for cancer treatment can be determined. It makes clinical trials widely available, so more patients can receive the most advanced medicines and treatment protocols. And it increases the opportunities for cancer research on many fronts: the causes, the best ways to deliver care, methods to identify people with increased risk, and prevention. Working together, HCI and Intermountain combine their strengths. As this alliance continues, so will improvements in cancer research, care, and prevention.