Bringing Advanced Cancer Care to Your Neighborhood
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center— one of just 57 in the country, and the only one in western Pennsylvania. We earn this designation through excellence in clinical care and research, and it extends to all our locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and New York.
Two of those locations are close by, in Monroeville. And because they’ re part of UPMC Hillman’ s network, residents living in Plum and surrounding areas can expect the same care, expertise, and cutting-edge treatments that every UPMC Hillman Cancer Center location provides.
Medical Oncology
Medical oncology services in Monroeville are offered at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center on Oxford Drive, near UPMC East. Available treatments include:
• Chemotherapy, which uses medicine to kill cancer cells or keep them from spreading to other parts of the body.
• Immunotherapy, or biotherapy, which boosts the immune system to fight cancer cells.
• Hormone therapy, which alters abnormal hormone activity that contributes to cancer development.
• Targeted therapy, a form of drug therapy that interacts with cancer cells to block their growth and spread.
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology services are available on the ground floor of UPMC East. Treatment technologies include:
• High-dose rate brachytherapy, a type of internal radiation therapy used to treat many cancers, including breast, prostate, lung, cervical, and head and neck cancers, as well as sarcoma and melanoma.
• Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, an advanced radiation treatment that precisely targets the edges of a tumor while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
• Image-guided radiation therapy, which uses imaging technology to monitor changes throughout a patient’ s cancer treatment.
• Low-dose radiotherapy, which can provide pain relief for patients with osteoarthritis and other inflammatory disorders.
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy( SBRT), which uses a focused radiation beam to shrink tumors.