HomeA Team Approach That Places Patients First
Our experienced cancer specialists combine their extensive knowledge and skills to focus on each patient’s needs. This comprehensive, multi-specialty team approach to diagnosis, treatment and follow-up ensures that the most up-to-date options and recommendations are offered to patients in a timely way. Specialists working with a patient—including medical, surgical and radiation oncologists; radiologists; pathologists; nurses; social workers; patient and family counselors; and nutritionists—work together to develop the best, most personalized treatment plan. Team members know each patient’s condition, communicate with the patient’s referring physician, and coordinate all the services a patient needs, including advanced diagnostics such as PET/CT Scans and Digital Mammography, as well as sophisticated treatment options such as Robotic Surgery for prostate cancer, High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for gynecological and other cancers, minimally invasive surgery for colon and other cancers, interstitial (tissue sparing) therapies for liver cancers, oncoplastic surgery and CyberKnife and Image Guided Radiation Therapy for very precise tumor targeting to avoid damage to healthy tissues. Boston Medical Center, together with Boston University School of Medicine, also works aggressively to find new and better ways to treat and cure disease. Patients have access to an extensive roster of clinical trials from national cooperative groups, industry, and investigator initiated trials through our Clinical Research Trials (http://www.bumc.bu.edu/clinicaltrials) office and Cancer Research Center. Study protocols are being conducted for cancers of the breast, lung, colon, prostate, blood cells (or immune system), and more. Boston Medical Center physicians are leaders in the enrollment of under-represented minorities in clinical trials. |
At Boston Medical Center, we do everything we can to make it easier for our cancer patients to focus their energy on combating their disease. It goes far beyond providing easy and affordable access to care; it’s providing interpreter services, help with navigating the steps in your care, health insurance, transportation to and from appointments, child care and even housing. Whatever it takes.
