Patient Care and Support Services

We offer the latest available cancer care from a team of medical professionals on the forefront of cancer research, education, diagnosis and treatment.

Research

Our Patients may participate in clinical trials through the Saint Louis University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, offering advanced and promising treatments that are unavailable in many clinical practices.

Prevention

We have some of the most sophisticated screening and diagnostic tools to detect cancer, including an advanced Breast Imaging Center, an endoscopy suite, computed tomography scans, positron emission tomography, and MRI.

Excellent Patient Care

Patients receive friendly, compassionate care from dedicated health care professionals at a teaching facility. The team collaborates to create personalized treatment plans. Treatment options run the gamut from high-tech bone marrow and stem cell transplantation (autologous and allogeneic) and advanced technology for image-guided surgery to radiation oncology and chemotherapy. Patients may receive genetic counseling, pastoral care, and hospice care assistance from social workers.

Education

Staffed by oncology professionals, our cancer center resources offer some of the latest personalized information to patients, their families, and the general public, including access to web-based cancer information sites and support groups. We carriy our expertise into the community through a speakers' bureau, participation in health fairs and other educational outreach efforts.

Support Programs

The cancer journey is an ongoing learning process that may at times feel overwhelming. You are not alone. Our goal is to make your journey easier with additional support services.

Yoga is led through the Cancer Support Community and the American Cancer Society. For more information, contact the Cancer Support Community at 314-268-2000.

Look Good Feel Better program is the American Cancer Society's free program to help women undergoing cancer treatment cope with appearance-related side effects of treatment.

Call the American Cancer Society at 800-227-2345 for dates and times.

Learn how smoking affects your health and receive the tools you need to help prepare and motivate you to quit. Finding the best way for you is key to your success. For more information, email cancercenter@health.slu.edu. Personalized smoking cessation consultations are also available.

Wigs are available to women undergoing cancer treatments through the American Center Society. Call the American Cancer Society at 800-227-2345 or visit the Saint Louis University Cancer Information Center for more information and product availability.

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