Patient Care

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s integrated clinical trials give our institute a highly effective approach to cancer management. As researchers and doctors make pioneering discoveries into cancer management, this information is funneled directly into the clinics. As a result, the Cancer Institute offers new and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities not available at other institutions in the state.
Treatment Options
Treatment options can include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of the three. In addition, new advances in biotherapy with the use of antibodies are giving physicians a fourth, innovative treatment option. Teams of physicians work together with patients and their families to evaluate each patient’s needs and determine the best course of action for treatment. This multidisciplinary approach incorporates groups of professionals and volunteers such as:

• Medical, surgical, and radiation physicians
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Social workers
• Volunteers with special interests or skills in cancer patient care.

All of these people combine their skills, along with a varied treatment regimen, to provide the highest level of cancer care possible. In addition to these treatment options, the Cancer Institute also offers psychological and spiritual support to cancer patients undergoing treatment. This combination of people, skills, and groundbreaking treatment options gives every cancer patient at the Cancer Institute the best chance of a cure and the best quality of life possible.
Clinical Trials
In addition to considering all the standard treatments and developing a treatment plan that is individual for each patient, every patient is also evaluated for participation in ongoing clinical trials at the Cancer Institute. A clinical trial is one of the final stages of a long and careful cancer research process. Before the actual trial begins, studies are done to find out if promising approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are safe and effective. Once these studies are completed, then the clinical trial can begin. Many of the Cancer Institute’s clinical trials are part of cooperative, national programs that are key to keeping the institute on the cutting edge of cancer management.
Any patient meeting criteria for entry into one of the available trials and willing to take part is provided that opportunity. In fact, the Cancer Institute works closely with other cancer centers and will help patients who cannot participate in one of institute’s trials to participate in clinical trials at other cancer centers. It is the dedication of Cancer Institute patients who participate in these clinical trials that open the door for the institute to give the highest level of cancer care available.
For the latest in cancer information on treatment, research, clinical trials, or disease information, please visit the National Cancer Institute's Web site at http://cancer.gov.

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