OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute
The OSF Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer care services, including access to clinical trials, radiation oncology, hematology, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgical oncology. OSF HealthCare also collaborates with Origin in the OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center.
Types of Cancer Treatment - NCI
This page lists the different cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy and takes you to more information about each type.
Cancer Treatment: Types, Options & What To Expect - Cleveland …
Sep 27, 2024 · Cancer treatments kill cancer cells and stop cancer spread. Common treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
Cancer treatment - Mayo Clinic
Jul 26, 2024 · The goal of cancer treatment is to cure or shrink a cancer or stop it from spreading. Many cancer treatments exist. You may receive one treatment or a combination of treatments. Your cancer treatment plan may be based on your type of cancer and your situation.
Carle Cancer Institute | Comprehensive Team Approach to Care
Carle Cancer Institute offers premier cancer treatment and support services at our locations throughout central Illinois. With our specialized team of fellowship trained oncologists, surgeons and staff, patients get in for diagnosis and start treatment as soon as possible.
OSF HealthCare Unveils Breakthrough Treatment Center
Apr 18, 2023 · As part of the OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center, OSF is one of just a few centers globally working to build early detection capabilities for all cancers, especially harder-to-treat cancers such as pancreas, lung and ovarian.
Treatment For Cancer | Cancer Treatment Options - American Cancer Society
There are many different approaches for treating cancer, depending on the type of cancer, how advanced it is, what types of treatment are available, and what the goals of treatment are. Learn about how cancer treatments might be used in certain situations here.
New OSF Cancer Institute will advance specialized treatment
Key Takeaways: The new OSF Cancer Institute will include a new suite for brachytherapy which offers intense radiation without serious side effects. Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat cancer in the female pelvic area, prostate, eyes, and skin.
Cracking the code of DNA circles in cancer ... - Stanford Medicine
Nov 6, 2024 · The papers, published simultaneously in Nature on Nov. 6, detail the prevalence and prognostic impact of the circles, called ecDNA for extrachromosomal DNA, in nearly 15,000 human cancers; highlight a novel mode of inheritance that overthrows a fundamental law of genetics; and describe an anti-cancer therapy targeting the circles that is ...
First proton therapy patient at OSF Cancer Institute
After officially opening in February, the OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute, in Peoria, Illinois, has welcomed in its first proton beam radiation therapy patients. Tim Scott, 70, is the first patient to receive the treatment at OSF.