St. Elizabeth Cancer Care Program

Our Cancer Care Program
Experiencing cancer can be a difficult time for you and your loved ones, physically, mentally and emotionally. At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we are here for you along every step of your journey. We offer a unique approach to your care that helps us to ensure that all of your needs are met and can be found in one location. The mission of the St. Elizabeth Cancer Care Program is to provide each patient with comprehensive, holistic care and to achieve excellence as measured by both clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Recently accredited with commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS), our Cancer Care Program will provide you with access to a wide range of cancer services, from the most advanced screening and diagnostic equipment to treatment technology and more. Our skilled cancer care team of specialists, nurses and staff, are here to treat you in a private, comfortable setting, and our holistic approach to cancer treatment includes access to nutritional, emotional, spiritual and social support services not just for you our patient, but for your friends, family, and loved ones as well.

Clinical Research
The physicians at the St. Elizabeth Cancer Care Centers are committed to providing the best and most current medical care for our patients. Through this commitment, our patients are eligible for participation in research trials sponsored by National Cancer Institute and members of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups (Gynecological Oncology Group, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, Southwest Oncology Group).

Hereditary Cancer
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has the only Comprehensive Hereditary Cancer Program in the tri-state area with full-time staff genetic counselors dedicated to working with women and families at increased risks for hereditary cancers.

Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes and cancer susceptibility can be made available to patients with appropriate personal or family histories. These genetic test results can be used to make specific screening and management recommendations for your care in the future.

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we offer comprehensive genetic counseling, hereditary cancer risk assessment and high-risk management for:

• Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2)
• Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)
• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
• Cowden syndrome
• Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
• Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and other rare hereditary cancer syndromes
 

Here are a few questions to ask yourself to see whether or not hereditary cancer testing is appropriate for you:

• Do you have concerns about a family history of cancer?
• Were you diagnosed with breast, ovarian, or colon cancer before the age of 50?
• Do you have family members who were diagnosed with breast, ovarian, colon or uterine cancer at a young age?
• Are their family members in either your mother’s or your father’s side of the family who have had early onset cancer or multiple cancers?
• Has anyone in your family been told they have breast cancer more than once?
• After your screening, personalized management options will be developed to help meet your needs and healthy living goals.