People in the La Crosse area don’t have to travel far for the latest and best treatment for cancer and blood disorders. Every year, thousands of patients turn to Gundersen Lutheran’s Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders for screening, testing, diagnosis, and cancer treatment. The same options in major metropolitan areas are offered right here in western Wisconsin’s first and best-equipped facility.
Specialists in the Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders are committed to education, clinical research and cancer prevention. They provide cutting edge diagnosis and treatments for several cancers and blood disorders including:
For more than 30 years, Gundersen Lutheran radiation oncologists have stopped or slowed cancer with its state-of-the-art technology. These innovations offer patients many advantages including:
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Better cancer detection
- More targeted treatment
- Greater protection for healthy tissue
- Reduced treatment time
- Quicker recovery time
- Hope for once inoperable cancers
- Generally less physically taxing treatments for patients
Patients have access to investigational treatments available at major medical centers throughout the United States. Every year, some of the most promising clinical trials are offered through adult and pediatric hematology/oncology, and radiation oncology right at Gundersen Lutheran. It gives patients more options to treat their disease.
Gundersen Lutheran is one of only 30 sites chosen by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to be part of a national network of community cancer centers offering expanded research opportunities and state-of-the-art cancer care at hospitals and clinics serving largely rural, suburban, small-town and underserved urban populations. Learn more about the NCI National Community Cancer Centers Program.
Depending on each cancer’s location and stage, Gundersen Lutheran Cancer & Blood Disorders offers many options for cancer treatments including:
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) for brain, lung, kidney, prostate and spine metastases
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- MammoSite™ partial breast radiation therapy
- Respiratory Gating for left-sided breast cancer to miss the heart
- Prostate Brachytherapy - Radioactive Seed Implants
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- High Dose Rate brachytherapy (HDR)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Respiratory Gating for lung cancer
- External beam radiation
- 3D conformal radiation
Gundersen Lutheran's care team provides more than the best medical care with the latest technology. Through a patient-centered approach, specialists balance innovative treatment with individual needs. They know cancer and blood disorder's invasion is personal, not just physical, and affects self-esteem, emotions, nutrition, finances and relationships as well.