Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University

• Lisa Hyde-Barrett

Background

The Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University was established to provide comprehensive and state-of-the-art cancer care to central and southern Illinois. Simmons Cancer Institute is funded by the National Cancer Institute and is part of a national network that seeks to expedite cancer therapies directly to the patients that need them most. Simmons Cancer Center houses over 20 cancer-specific research programs.

Cancer Treatments

The Simmons Cancer Institute is situated to offer the latest research developments to provide improved cancer treatment options. The integrated research environment provides collaboration of laboratory scientists and physicians within clinical, translational, and prevention research studies.

With regard to lung cancer, Simmons Cancer Institute organizes teams of highly skilled staff to facilitate treatment and each patient receives a patient navigator to coordinate care. After referral or diagnosis by a primary care physician, a team of pathologists, surgical and medical oncologists, thoracic surgeons, nurses and social workers will handle a case together.

Simmons Cancer Institute has extensive expertise in the multi-modal treatment of mesothelioma. Several specific, innovative treatments are being researched in addition to the comprehensive cancer treatments listed below.

Radiation oncology, surgical oncology, clinical trials, chemotherapy, palliative care, state-of-the-art diagnostics and imaging services, pathology, hormone therapy, biological therapy, complementary and alternative medicine, nutrition and physical therapy, support groups, and comprehensive and preventive care are all options in the Simmons Cancer Institute’s cancer treatment program.

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Source: http://www.siumed.edu/