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:
- 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.
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.
Gundersen Lutheran provides information and reassurance any hour of the day and night with skilled Nurse Advisors. The Nurse Advisors can answer immediate questions, discuss concerns about symptoms, schedule an appointment with a physician or connect patients with the specialist on call if they need urgent assistance. Nurse Advisors can be reached at (608) 775-4454 or (800) 858-1050.
For more information about Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders call (608) 775-2385 or (800) 362-9567, ext. 52385 or e-mail cancerctr@gundluth.org.