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Cancer Care at Sacred Heart Medical Center

If you’re diagnosed with cancer, life changes suddenly. As part of Providence Regional Cancer Center, our specialized team of doctors, nurses and care providers can guide you through this challenging time. We treat all types of cancer and help you and your family with all aspects of a cancer diagnosis.

We offer leading-edge technology and the most advanced treatments for fighting cancer while recognizing that having cancer can affect your emotional, spiritual and financial well-being in addition to your physical health. We treat you holistically and tailor our services to meet all your needs. You get the benefit of a team of cancer specialists who work together to ensure you get the best possible care. We’re here for you from screening and diagnosis to treatment and beyond.

105 W 8th Ave, Spokane, WA 99204
2068.5 miles away
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cancer Care at Sacred Heart Medical Center

If you’re diagnosed with cancer, life changes suddenly. As part of Providence Regional Cancer Center, our specialized team of doctors, nurses and care providers can guide you through this challenging time. We treat all types of cancer and help you and your family with all aspects of a cancer diagnosis.

We offer leading-edge technology and the most advanced treatments for fighting cancer while recognizing that having cancer can affect your emotional, spiritual and financial well-being in addition to your physical health. We treat you holistically and tailor our services to meet all your needs. You get the benefit of a team of cancer specialists who work together to ensure you get the best possible care. We’re here for you from screening and diagnosis to treatment and beyond.

105 W 8th Ave, Spokane, WA 99204
2068.5 miles away
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Meet the Team

At Providence, you'll have access to a vast network of dedicated and compassionate providers who offer personalized care by focusing on treatment, prevention and health education.

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Treatment and Services
Cancer screening

Often the earlier you find cancer, the easier it is to treat. Screening recommendations vary according to your age, family health history, personal history and risk factors. Talking with your doctor is the best way to determine the screening tests and schedule that are right for you.

Common screening tests include those for cancers of the breast, cervix, colon and rectum, lung and prostate. Based on your needs, your doctor may recommend other screening tests as well.

Diagnostic imaging

Diagnostic imaging tools allow us to detect many types of cancer. Imaging technology can also help us monitor your response to treatment.

Imaging tests we use include:

  • CT
  • Mammography
  • MRI
  • PET
  • Ultrasound
  • X-ray
Pathology

If we identify a tumor, a surgeon or other provider will biopsy it and send it to a pathologist who will determine if it’s cancer. If it is, the pathologist’s report will tell us the type and provide other useful information. Your doctors will use this information to guide your treatment.

Tumor review board

An important part of your care at Providence is our tumor review board. It brings together providers from many different specialties to discuss your case and make treatment recommendations. Members of the team may include surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists and others.

Genetic counseling and testing

Our genetic counseling program can help you determine if you or your family members are at risk for hereditary cancers. Knowledge of your risk can help you make informed decisions about treatment, screening and prevention strategies.

Our genetic services include:

  • Assessment of hereditary risk
  • Counseling regarding medical and family history
  • Evaluation of medical and family history information to determine the likelihood that a condition may be hereditary
  • Genetic testing when a genetic cause is suspected and testing is desired
  • Interpretation of test results
  • Risk reduction strategies
  • Screening recommendations
Treatments

Treatment is based on the type of cancer you have as well as factors such as its characteristics, whether it has spread, your personal preferences and more. In many cases, more than one treatment is part of your care.

Treatments we offer include:

  • Biological therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • High-dose brachytherapy
  • Hormone therapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Radiation therapy
  • Radiosurgery
  • Surgery

At Providence, we offer comprehensive cancer services. We will be at your side no matter where you are on your cancer journey.

Support groups

The support of people going through a similar experience can be invaluable when you’re dealing with cancer. Providence offers several cancer support groups:

  • Cancer support group. Open to anyone touched by any type of cancer. Meets first and third Tuesday of each month. For more information, please call 509-474-5490.
Tobacco cessation

Smoking may contribute to many types of cancer, but it’s never too late to quit. Providence offers a number of resources to help, including educational materials, health coaches and our free, four-week tobacco cessation program.

Cancer specialists who may be involved in your care include:

  • Chaplains
  • Medical oncologists
  • Nurses
  • Palliative care specialists
  • Pathologists
  • Pharmacists
  • Physical therapists
  • Radiation oncologists
  • Radiation therapists
  • Registered dietitians
  • Radiologists
  • Social workers
  • Surgeons

Why Choose Us for Your Cancer Care?

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We know that every patient is unique. No two patients – or their treatment plans – are the same. This is why we take a highly personalized approach to your cancer care and we always put our patients first. Our expert clinicians work with you to develop a specialized treatment plan that fits your personal needs, because we know this results in the best outcomes. And, of course, you receive the cutting-edge treatment and compassionate care Providence is known for.

As our patient, you and your loved ones are supported by an entire care team throughout your treatment journey. Our board-certified medical oncologists use the most advanced techniques in your diagnosis and treatment. They work closely with an extensive team that includes nurse navigators, specialists and other caregivers who provide a range of support services – from prevention and education to nutrition, integrative medicine and counseling.

Learn more about the experts who make up our multidisciplinary cancer care teams.

Cancer doesn’t discriminate, but access to great cancer care hasn’t always been the same for everyone. At Providence, we are deeply committed to making sure every patient we treat has access to the best cancer care. We value, respect and support the racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual and spiritual identities of each member of our diverse communities, and we never turn a patient away. Instead, we work harder to make sure every patient is treated equally and with dignity – whoever you are, and wherever you're at.

When you become a patient at Providence, you become part of a collaborative cancer-care network that often exceeds national measures for patient outcomes. This network includes award-winning physicians, scientists, researchers and caregivers across 51 hospitals in seven states. The power of this network, combined with the expertise of your local team, means you’re getting the best, most compassionate care. And if you need to meet with a specialist outside your area, we’ve got telehealth technology to help. Our network is one of the reasons 50,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients choose Providence each year.

Providence cancer research provides options, and hope, for patients seeking advanced therapies. We’re proud of our history of groundbreaking firsts and pioneering clinical trials: Providence led the international trial of the first immunotherapy to be approved for patients with melanoma. We conducted the first successful gene-engineered T-cell therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer. And we have over 90 years of radiation research. As a Providence patient, you have the opportunity to participate in – or benefit from – one of over 1,300 new clinical trials that begin each year.

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Part of Providence Regional Cancer Center

As part of the largest specialty provider group in the region, our dedicated experts care for patients in six hospitals and nearly 20 outpatient locations throughout the Inland Northwest. Regardless of where you go for care, you have an entire team of cancer experts working hand in hand to provide you with the best possible outcomes.

Learn more about Providence Regional Cancer Center

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