More than 30 years ago, Western Pennsylvania residents who needed cancer treatment often had a long drive ahead of them. Accessing the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (the original name of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center) — the region’s only National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center — meant a trip into Pittsburgh. UPMC Hillman President Elizabeth Wild, whose late mother received treatment for Stage IV stomach cancer in the early 1990s, recalls the challenge her parents…
