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Hospital provides pediatric cancer care for the children of Southern West Virginia , including other pediatric specialties that may be required as part of their treatment . CAMC ’ s Teays Valley Cancer Center offers hematology / oncology services and infusion for patients in Putnam County . The Mon Health Zelda Stein Weiss Cancer Center has an award-winning record for patient experience and safety .
The Center is accredited by the Commission on Cancer , Healthgrades , the Surgical Review Corporation as a Surgical Center of Excellence and the American College of Radiology as a Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center . The commission ’ s gold-level commendation has also recognized the Mon Health Cancer Center as among the nation ’ s leading , high-quality community cancer programs . The center follows National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines when developing personalized treatment plans .
Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Oncology Infusion and Vein Center , which opened as the first of its kind in the Weston , WV , area . Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital is opening a comprehensive infusion center that will provide cancer care for patients in Preston County who previously had to drive an hour or more for cancer care .
Our specialists treat a variety of cancers , offering the latest treatments and technologies . Interventional radiologists use minimally invasive image-guided therapies to diagnose and target tumors with small skin incisions and without the need for large surgeries . Surgeons are also
performing robotic lung-sparing surgery for lung cancer and robotic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer . Surgeons treat gynecologic cancers with the latest minimally invasive techniques . In addition , physicians are using many innovative approaches to prostate cancer including Provenge , Focal One and Pluvicto .
Marshall Health
By Angela Henderson-Bentley
The Edwards Cancer Institute in Huntington , WV , provides high-quality cancer care for patients throughout 40 counties in West Virginia , southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky .
By combining the expertise and offerings of the region ’ s top two cancer centers , the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital and St . Mary ’ s Regional Cancer Center , the Edwards Cancer Institute enhances the ability to meet patients ’ needs through coordinated care teams to guide patients and their families through diagnosis , treatment and survivorship . The Edwards Cancer Institute also supports services at Rivers Health in Point Pleasant , WV , and Logan Regional Medical Center to help patients of these areas receive leading-edge cancer care close to home .
The Edwards Cancer Institute provides a team-based , multidisciplinary approach to care , with providers sharing best practices to develop an individualized plan of care for each patient . In addition to physical treatments ,
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