Compassionate cancer care
You are not alone in your cancer journey.
A cancer diagnosis can be unsettling, but at Mission Health, our cancer team has one, unified focus: you. Anchored by an individualized care plan, fighting your battle with us gives you access to the region’s largest network of cancer services.
Types of cancer we treat
Our medical oncologists have years of experience treating numerous types of cancers, including:
- Anal cancer
- Bile duct cancer
- Blood cancer
- Bone cancer
- Brain cancer
- Breast cancer
- Endocrine cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancers
- Gynecologic cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Skin cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Throat cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Tongue cancer
Diagnostic cancer screenings
Early detection a key to cancer treatment and we offer education, regular screenings and acute screenings to begin the process.
Your potential type of cancer will ultimately dictate which type of testing we use, but some of the tests we offer include:
- Biopsy
- Colonoscopy
- Computerized tomography (CT) scans
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Mammograms
- Positron emission tomography (PET) scans
- Ultrasound
Your cancer care team
Across the Western North Carolina region, our care network consists of numerous hospitals, dedicated cancer centers, radiation therapy clinics and imaging facilities.
These dedicated teams of specialists include:
- Gynecological oncologists
- Medical oncologists
- Nurse navigators
- Pathologists
- Plastic surgeons
- Radiation oncologists
- Radiologists
- Surgical oncologists
Specialized patient navigation
Your nurse navigator is a specially trained healthcare professional dedicated to supporting cancer patients. They work closely with you, your caregivers and your healthcare team to ensure seamless communication, coordinate care and help eliminate any barriers to treatment. Their primary goal is to advocate for your needs and enhance your access to care throughout your journey.
Our nurse navigators:
- Reinforce education on cancer types, treatment options and clinical trials
- Facilitate coordination of office visits, as needed, across various medical specialties to ensure a more efficient and streamlined cancer care experience
- Serve as your advocate in multidisciplinary team meetings to foster collaboration in your cancer treatment
- Be your continuous source of support, always available to answer any questions you may have
Cancer support
We understand that cancer support doesn’t begin and end with treatment.
Outpatient cancer rehabilitation
To help you continue your healing, we provide outpatient rehabilitation treatments to aid in your recovery. Our rehabilitation program is personalized to help you regain, maintain and enhance your daily lifestyle throughout cancer therapy treatments.
Our cancer rehabilitation program services include:
- Cognitive assessment
- Lymphedema therapy
- Mental health support
- Nutritional counseling
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Prescriptive exercise
- Speech and swallowing intervention
Support and survivorship
We understand that sometimes you need more than inpatient treatment to physically and emotionally navigate your cancer journey. In light of how important your mental health is to successfully overcoming cancer, we offer a variety of support services to provide you with additional resources to meet your educational, nutritional, spiritual and psychological needs. Services we provide include:
- Cancer resource connections
- Clinical social workers
- Financial counselors
- Lymphedema management
- Nutrition counseling
- Oncology nurse navigators
- Oncology rehabilitation
- Patient Advisory Council
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Support groups
Cancer clinical trials
When it comes to more complex cancers, sometimes, traditional therapies are not fully effective. However, our experienced cancer care team is always exploring innovative techniques for cancer detection and prevention.
One of the ways we do this is through clinical trials. Clinical trials are research studies conducted to answer important medical questions, with the hope of finding better ways to treat disease. They are used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new or investigational drugs, combinations of new or existing drugs, as well as drug delivery methods.
Access to newer treatments is offered with the ultimate goal that they will be more effective than traditional solutions, offering hope when you may not be responding to existing therapies.
About HCA Healthcare Sarah Cannon Cancer Network
Fighting cancer takes a team
HCA Healthcare Sarah Cannon Cancer Network delivers you exceptional cancer care through cutting-edge, specialized treatments, multidisciplinary collaboration and care that is tailored to you. Our teams of passionate caregivers and global oncology experts across the United States and United Kingdom offer services and expertise that extend across many types of cancer. Together with the full support of HCA Healthcare – a leading provider of cancer care and research – we’re with you and your family from diagnosis through survivorship.