北州癌症中心

The 北州癌症中心 delivers true multidisciplinary care. Patients receive the best opinion on managing their disease from a team of experts who consult together: surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other specialists. This provides personalized treatment tailored to each patient’s needs. 我们的多学科项目包括:

• 乳癌计划
• 妇科肿瘤学项目
• Head & Neck Program
• Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Cancer Program
• 神经肿瘤学项目
• 前列腺癌计划
• 甲状腺癌计划
• 胸部肿瘤学项目(TOP)

Team

Upstate’s interdisciplinary cancer team includes 90 board-certified physicians, all of whom are professors at our College of Medicine, and who play a leading role in educating the next generation of providers.

Upstate has the region’s only cancer program approved by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer, achieving maximum commendation for the last 10 years. Additionally, for over ten years the Upstate Breast Oncology Program has been accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, signifying the highest quality care for patients with disease of the breast in Central New York.

Upstate is the region’s only provider for children who have cancer. Upstate also is part of the Children’s Oncology Group, an international network which provides the same treatments and recovery rates of high profile, national centers.

The 北州癌症中心 houses the newest technologies to help patients survive their diseases. More options mean more opportunities for personalized, effective treatment, with fewer side effects and better quality of life.

Upstate offers patients the widest range of radiotherapy treatment options in the region. Recent investments include the Varian TrueBeam radiotherapy system, and a Vero stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) system. Varian TrueBeam can treat cancers located anywhere in the body, delivering radiation to tumors with extreme precision, 保留健康组织. The Vero SBRT at the 北州癌症中心 is the third in the nation and combines image-guided radiotherapy and real-time tumor tracking. The Vero delivers tightly focused radiation to difficult-to-reach locations in the body.

The intra-operative suite is a high tech area consisting of a full-service operating room, 面向神经外科, and featuring an advanced MRI and a bi-plane angiography suite as well as a pre-op and recovery area. This sophisticated suite is one of only 10 similar facilities in the country.

Upstate Cancer Research is a multidisciplinary enterprise, encompassing the efforts of many Upstate faculty and collaborators at other institutions, with the goal to translate research into potential cures, 技术及其他产品.

The new 北州癌症中心 greatly enhances the care environment for patients. 上州则超过2个,每年新增癌症患者达1000人, resulting in 45,000 visits on the downtown campus and additional visits to our satellite locations.

This beautiful and functional space provides a healing environment, lifts spirits, and fosters hope. In addition to bringing services under one roof, the Center facilitates new activities as well:

• Healing garden
• Meditation room
• Accommodations for integral therapies such as Reiki, yoga, acupuncture and others the community may desire
• Room for support services such as social work, 营养咨询, patient navigators, 以及美国癌症协会, among others
• Conference rooms for clinicians and scientists to meet and for patient and caregiver support groups
• 病人和家属教育中心
• Prevention, screening, risk assessment and survivorship programs

Within the setting of the region’s only academic medical university, our dedicated team and services make the 北州癌症中心 unique.

我们的学术优势包括:

• Pediatric oncology
• Orthopedic oncology
• 微创肺癌手术
• 骨髓移植
• Major surgery for cancer in the liver and pancreas
• 头颈癌的高级手术
• Radiologists and pathologists who specialize in specific cancers
• Geneticists, helping patients and families assess the impact that family history and genetic make-up have on their risk of cancer
• Surgeons of all types integral to our oncology practice
• 精神护理专家
• Medical librarian to staff the patient and family education center
• Medical anthropologists and epidemiologists who study cancer in populations and communities
• Basic cancer researchers who have the goal to bring discoveries in the lab to provide new therapies and cures