Expert Brain and Spine Cancer Care at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange

We understand it can be scary when doctors detect tumors in your brain or spine. It can take an emotional and physical toll on you, but that’s why we’re here. The medical experts and support staff within the Neuro-Oncology Program at the Providence Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment provide adult patients who have either primary or metastatic (from melanoma, breast, lung, kidney, etc.) central nervous system (CNS) tumors with the most advanced and comprehensive care available.

1000 W La Veta Ave, 1st Floor, Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment , Orange, CA 92868

2257.4 miles away

714-734-6238

Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Expert Brain and Spine Cancer Care at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange

1000 W La Veta Ave, 1st Floor, Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment , Orange, CA 92868

2257.4 miles away

714-734-6238

Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Our Approach Trusted Team of Experts Services

Our Approach

The medical experts and support staff within the Neuro-Oncology Program at The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment provide adult patients who have either primary or metastatic (from melanoma, breast, lung, kidney, etc.) central nervous system (CNS) tumors with the most advanced and comprehensive care available.

Trusted Team of Experts

Specialists with expertise from many areas of medicine participate in the Neuro-Oncology Program. These specialists form a multidisciplinary team that includes neurosurgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists as well as dieticians, social workers, cancer genetic counselors and a navigator. The navigator assists patients and their families with coordination of care. Care coordination by a clinically trained navigator is vital to our neuro-oncology patients as brain tumors often require several treatments across different areas of specialty, including surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

This multidisciplinary team meets regularly to discuss each patient's unique medical needs and develops individual care plans that include integrated treatment options. Our team approach to care and development of personalized care plans that include advanced treatment options enhance the patient experience and contribute to superior clinical outcomes.

Services

Patients managed by this team have access to the latest, most advanced surgical and radiation technology including stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). This team approach to care ensures our patients receive evidence-based comprehensive medical treatments that are scientifically proven to be the most effective for treating CNS tumors and are supported by national guidelines. In addition, several clinical trials investigating new chemotherapy agents are available to patients managed by this team.

Brain and Spine Cancer Treatments at Providence St. Joseph Orange

Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which grow and divide quickly. The drugs can be administered orally, through intravenous lines, or in other ways. Chemotherapy can be used alone as a cancer treatment, or along with other treatments like radiation therapy and surgery. Each drug in a chemotherapy regimen is carefully selected to target the specific type and stage of the cancer being treated.

When cancer appears in the brain or spine, your cancer team will include neurologists and neurosurgeons who will collaborate on advanced surgical treatments. At Providence, we use advanced operating theaters equipped with powerful microscopes, surgical tools, implantable devices, and computers that navigate the intricacies of the patient's spine and brain for precise, effective procedures. Our goal is to treat the cancer effectively in minimally invasive ways.

At Providence, our top-ranked cancer care specialists use stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to treat pancreatic, lung, prostate, and many other cancers. This treatment uses 3D imaging to beam precise, high doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. SBRT can be performed within one to five sessions. SBRT also lowers the risk of exposing your body to radiation or harming any of your vital organs and minimizes any side effects to healthy surrounding tissue.

Doctors at Providence use stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to treat various types of tumors, including metastatic tumors, benign tumors, and abnormal blood vessel formations. SRS is a non-surgical therapy that beams high doses of radiation to tumors with millimeter accuracy. This cancer treatment is highly effective and can treat tumors faster than alternative methods. There’s also no need for anesthesia, which helps you recover as quickly and fully as possible.

Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets proteins that control how cancer cells grow, divide, and spread. Targeted therapy generally is administered through one of two methods:

Small-molecule drugs, which are small enough to enter cells easily, can be used for targets that are inside cells.
Monoclonal antibodies, which are proteins produced in the lab. These proteins are designed to attach to specific targets found on cancer cells. Some monoclonal antibodies mark cancer cells so that they will be better seen and destroyed by the immune system.

These types of therapies help to find, slow and destroy cancer cells in very targeted ways.