Cancer Center Services

Designed to deliver the lowest dose possible to the surrounding healthy tissue, the equipment sends the maximum dose to the tumor. This allows for effective cancer treatment that lets the patient remain close to home, especially in the treatment of challenging cases, such as cancers of the lung, breast, abdomen, and head and neck, as well as other cancers that are treatable with radiotherapy.

Our Radiation Department is staffed by Board Certified Radiation Oncologists and Radiation Physicists. They are supported by the rest of the team available to help navigate patients and their families through the treatment program.

Medical Oncology

Our Medical Oncology department is staffed by board certified Medical/Hematology Oncologists. They are complemented by a team of support staff who help navigate the patient and their family through the phases of their treatment and follow-up care.

Social Work

Our certified oncology social worker is dedicated to serving the physical and emotional needs of our patients and their families.

The social worker can assist with the following:

• Helping patients and families cope through their journey and the many emotions they may experience.
• Identifying appropriate financial assistance programs and possible insurance benefits, including disability.
• Providing advance directive information (identifies who can make decisions on the patient’s behalf if they are unable to).
• Offering information on support groups and counselling resources.
• Facilitating discussion about difficult care decisions when appropriate.

The social worker can also help explain and clarify:

• How to communicate with the healthcare team.
• How to talk with children, family, friends, and coworkers.
• How to use relaxation skills to reduce stress.
• How cancer affects intimacy, identity issues, and the individual’s relationship with their body.
• Living beyond the cancer diagnosis and common survivorship concerns.

Clinical Nutrition Services

Our oncology dietitian can support patients and their families in the following ways:

• Developing a plan for good nutrition before, during, and after treatment.
• Providing education about treatment-related side effects that may interfere with the patient’s ability to eat.
• Recommending appropriate oral nutritional supplements, and, if eating by mouth is not an option, helping with understanding and managing a feeding tube to maintain good nutrition.
• Providing nutritional counseling for cancer prevention, survivorship, and caregiver support.

Screening and Education

In our quest to put an end to cancer, we offer free community screenings, education and reduced fee mammograms for those who qualify.