05-03-2025
Mission Cancer + Blood opens new clinic in Waukee
WAUKEE, Iowa — Cancer care is expanding to the west of the metro. On Monday, Mission Cancer + Blood opened a new clinic in Waukee.
It's located at 2565 SE Encompass Drive and provides 32 more treatment chairs for chemotherapy and immunotherapy, as well as on-site labs.
With Iowa having one of the fastest growing cancer rates in the country, doctors say it's important to serve patients in their communities.
'For anyone who's been treated in our downtown offices, the wait can be long,' Dr. Seema Harichand, hematologist and oncologist at Mission, said. 'So having the ability to sort of spread that out over different offices also makes it easier and less inconvenient for people. Cancer care entails a lot of visits, a lot of treatment, and the more convenient we can make it for patients, the easier their journey will be.'
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Earlier this year, Mission officially became part of University of Iowa Health Care. Dr. Harichand says the partnership will allow patients more access to new cancer treatments.
'We hope that the University of Iowa will help us expand our clinical trial portfolio,' Dr. Harichand said, 'not only locally but also help us improve access for patients who need to go and be seen at the University to be able to get care more easily and maybe quickly.'
Mission has more than 20 other community locations across Iowa.
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