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| Saint Louis University Cancer Center Fact Sheet |
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The Saint Louis University Cancer Center, in a completely remodeled facility convenient to the entire metropolitan area, offers some of the latest available cancer care from a team of medical professionals on the forefront of cancer research, education, diagnosis and treatment.
Research: Patients at the SLU Cancer Center may participate in clinical trials through the Saint Louis University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, connecting them to advanced and promising treatments that are unavailable in many clinical practices.
Prevention: The SLU Cancer Center has some of the most sophisticated screening and diagnostic tools to detect cancer including genetic counseling, an advanced Breast Imaging Center, an endoscopy suite, computed tomography scans, positron emission tomography and MRI. Molecular screening is coming on line.
Excellent patient care: Patients receive friendly, compassionate care from dedicated healthcare professionals at a teaching facility. The team collaborates to create personalized treatment plans. Treatment options run the gamut from high-tech bone marrow and stem cell transplantation (autologous and allogeneic) and advanced technology for image-guided surgery to radiation oncology and chemotherapy. Patients may receive genetic counseling, pastoral care and hospice care assistance from social workers. All services – including surgery and interventional radiology – are provided at the SLU Cancer Center or the Saint Louis University Hospital, which is easily accessible through a bridge that connects the two facilities.
Education: Staffed by oncology professionals, the Community Cancer Resource Center at the SLU Cancer Center offers some of the latest personalized information to patients, their families and the general public, including access to Web-based cancer information sites and support groups. The SLU Cancer Center carries its expertise into the community through its speakers' bureau, participation in health fairs and other educational outreach efforts.
The SLU Cancer Center is is an innovative partnership between Saint Louis University and Saint Louis University Hospital.
The SLU Cancer Center occupies 50,000 square feet at 3655 Vista Ave., in Saint Louis University Hospital's West Pavilion (formerly Bethesda General Hospital).
Specialists at the SLU Cancer Center treat cancers of the blood (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome), breast, brain, digestive system (colorectal, liver and pancreas), head and neck (including thyroid), urological system (kidney, urinary/bladder), lung/thoracic, musculoskeletal system and skin (melanoma). Treatment also is offered for men's cancers (prostate and testicular) and gynecological cancers (cervical, ovarian and uterine).
Patients at the SLU Cancer Center are treated by a team of high quality physicians who collaborate to create the individualized treatment plans designed to offer the most hope for recovery. They may be seen by internal medical specialists including hematologists/oncologists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, dermatologists and pulmonologists. The surgical oncologists are specialists in general surgery, breast surgery, colorectal surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, thoracic, urology, orthopedic and neurosurgery. Specialists in nuclear medicine, radiology, radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology and pathology, as well as a certified advanced practice nurse in genetics, also treat patients at the SLU Cancer Center.
The SLU Cancer Center opened on Feb. 26, 2002.
D. Douglas Miller, M.D., is interim director of the Saint Louis University Cancer Center and chairman of the department of internal medicine at SLU School of Medicine.
James W. Hardin, Ph.D. recently moved to St. Louis to serve as deputy director of the SLU Cancer Center. Other cancer investigators and faculty are being actively recruited.
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