GU cancer care in the WWAMI region
Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, the five states of the WWAMI region, expect about 17,500 new cases of prostate, bladder and kidney cancer in 2026. For patients across the region, specialty GU care can be a flight away.
Cases by state
About 17,500 new prostate, bladder and kidney cancer cases in 2026
| State | Prostate | Bladder | Kidney | All three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 6,980 | 1,980 | 1,560 | 10,520 |
| Wyoming | 500 | 170 | 130 | 800 |
| Alaska | 750 | 170 | 180 | 1,100 |
| Montana | 1,260 | 370 | 290 | 1,920 |
| Idaho | 2,030 | 580 | 530 | 3,140 |
| Five states | 11,520 | 3,270 | 2,690 | 17,480 |
What the trip costs
Specialty care can be a flight away
55%
of out-of-state patients surveyed after an in-person urologic cancer visit at Fred Hutch had flown to get there
60%
needed a hotel for the visit
1 in 3
spent more than $800 on travel for that one visit
Fred Hutch draws urologic cancer patients from across the Northwest, and its own researchers have measured what the trip costs them: most of the out-of-state patients they surveyed had flown in, and a third had spent more than $800 to make one visit.
Where Everyboard fits
Every discipline’s reasoning, before anyone travels
Everyboard puts every discipline’s reasoning in front of the treating physician first, so the cases that can be settled close to home are, and the ones that need to travel arrive with the open questions already written down.
We are starting here, where we live: Everyboard is built in Leavenworth, Washington, and we are opening access to independent practices in the Pacific Northwest first.
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