Cancer Care Center at Baptist East

A diagnosis of cancer can release a flood of emotions, concerns and questions. In fact, a person doesn't have to have cancer to be affected by it. Offering support and answering questions for patients and family members can sometimes be just as important as treating the disease.

Cancer care at Baptist Hospital East means meeting those needs as well as staying at the forefront of cancer research and education. Providing total cancer care for patients at Baptist Hospital East takes a team approach from physicians, oncology nurses, nutritional therapists, radiation therapists, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, chaplains and many other highly trained professionals to answer patients' questions and concerns. Having the latest information available not only helps physicians diagnose and treat cancer more effectively, it helps patients and families understand what they are about to face - together.

Latest technology and programs available at Baptist East:

• Lung CT screening
• Multidisciplinary lung care clinic
• da Vinci robotic surgical system
• First pulmonary lobectomy lung surgery performed with robotic assistance
  
• Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
• Lung Cancer Nurse Navigator to help guide patients
• Cancer Genetic Counseling Program
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery spares healthy tissue, offers decreased side effects

Other services offered for cancer include:

• Cancer Care Unit at Park Tower
       - Massage and music therapy 
       - Virtual tours:
            - Park Tower Cancer Care Center Information Center (360° tour) 
            - Park Tower Cancer Treatment room (360° tour)
            - More photos (PDF) 
• Breast Care Center offers breast specialists and coordinated care
• Cancer Resource Center
• Clinical trials 
• Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) accreditation
• Laparoscopic prostatectomy 
• Lung cancer overview
• The Lymphedema Clinic
• Palliative Care program
• Radiation Center
       - Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
       - Radioactive seed implantation
       - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
       - Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
       - Photos (PDF) 
• Radiation Center at Baptist Eastpoint
• Support groups
• Women's health services
• Women's Imaging services
• 2011 Baptist Hospital East Cancer Care Center Annual Report