The cancer center at Memorial Hospital is known for having comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, technologies, and clinical specialists to evaluate and treat the following adult and pediatric cancers and blood disorders:

• breast cancer
• prostate cancer
• lung cancer
• colon cancer
• leukemia
• lymphoma
• multiple myeloma
• pediatric cancers
• skin cancer
• genitourinary cancer
• gynecological cancer
• bladder cancer
• testicular cancer
• kidney cancer

• and other cancers

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Clinical Trials

Cancer patients may qualify for clinical oncology trials.

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Accreditation

Mary Lou Beshears Breast Care Center at Memorial Hospital is one of nine accredited centers in Colorado. The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, or NAPBC, is a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest level of quality breast care and that undergo a rigorous evaluation process and review of their performance against the group’s standards.

The standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement. A breast center that achieves NAPBC accreditation has demonstrated a firm commitment to offer its patients every significant advantage in their battle against breast disease.

» Go to: NAPBC (http://napbc-breast.org/)

Since 1981, the Memorial Hospital Cancer Program has continually maintained its accreditation by the American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer (CoC). Accreditation by CoC is voluntary but vitally important to the patient. It demonstrates the ongoing commitment made by Memorial Hospital to continually improve its program, physicians and support staff to ensure the highest quality care is delivered to each cancer patient, every time.

To receive ongoing accreditation the cancer program must continually monitor and evaluate its performance by demonstrating compliance to defined set standards. The standards are patient centered and address the full continuum of cancer care. These include performance metrics, outcome based comparisons against national standards, continuous quality improvement, community outreach, research and ongoing professional education.

Patients will benefit knowing they have full access to a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team who will coordinate their personalized care using the full scope of services available to diagnose, treat, rehabilitate, and support patients and families during their cancer journey.

» Go to: Commission on Cancer (www.facs.org/cancer/)

Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient's pain.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

» Go to: American College of Radiology (acr.org)

Pediatric Cancer Care

For inpatient and outpatient pediatric care, your child receives special attention at Children's Hospital Colorado at Memorial Hospital, which is a designated children's hospital serving Colorado Springs and southern Colorado.

» More about: Children's Hospital Colorado at Memorial Hospital

Insurance

Most cancer procedures are covered by insurance. Contact your insurance provider for a full explanation of medical coverage. If you don't have insurance, contact us to discuss options available to you.

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