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.
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
Image Guided Radiation Therapy for very
precise tumor targeting to avoid damage to healthy tissues.
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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 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.
Toll-Free Help Line for Patients
If you or a family member needs assistance in finding the right
physician or would like to schedule an appointment for a
consultation, please call the
BMC Health Connection
line and
speak with one of our registered nurses who can help to evaluate
your particular situation.
BMC Health Connection
1-800-841-4325
Cancer Care at the Moakley Building
Our commitment is to deliver the most comprehensive care in an
environment that offers privacy, comfort, and compassion.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the
Moakley Building, a
brand-new cancer and ambulatory care facility that opened in the
fall of 2006. Here, medical practitioners from many cancer
specialties have come together in a centralized setting that is
expressly designed to create an exceptional patient experience. |
