Our services include a personal approach, advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment, post-treatment support and a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. Our affiliation with Savannah Oncology Center  expands treatment options. Our key service areas include:

•  Cancer Action Teams
•  diagnostic breast services
•  diagnostic radiology
•  hospital services
  
•  multidisciplinary planning approach
•  patient navigation
•  radiation therapy
•  support groups.
  

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Cancer Action Teams

Cancer is classified by the part of the body where it first began and by its appearance under the microscope. Different types of cancer vary in their rates of growth, spread patterns and responses to different types of treatment. This is why LCRP Cancer Action Teams have been established-to ensure you are receiving the best care plan available for your type of cancer. The Cancer Action Teams ensure that the LCRP always upholds the highest standards of cancer care through guidelines established by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).
 
Cancer Action Teams are part of a comprehensive strategy to bring progressive, forward-thinking approaches to cancer care and consist of private-practice doctors who have voluntarily dedicated their careers and lives to the continued education, research and treatment of oncology.  Through this collaborative effort, a patient has the advantage of an entire team of medical specialists dedicated to:

• breast cancer  
• gastrointestinal cancer
• head and neck cancer
• thoracic (lung) cancer   
• urologic cancer.

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Diagnostic Breast Services

Through Mary Telfair Women's Hospital, we practice a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating breast disease. Our diagnostic breast services within the Telfair Pavilion include:

• screening and diagnostic mammography  
• CAD (computer-aided detection) for mammography
• breast ultrasound  
• stereotactic needle biopsy
• fine needle aspiration  
• core needle biopsy  
• needle localization.

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Diagnostic Radiology

In addition to routine X-rays and ultrasonography, we also provide mammography, CT/MRI and PET scanning, and invasive radiology procedures of angiography, as well as CT- or ultrasound-guided biopsies.

Our Nuclear Medicine Department performs interstitial and internal brachytherapy and oral I-131.

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Multidisciplinary Planning Approach

The Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion's (LCRP) commitment to the multidisciplinary planning approach has enabled physicians and other allied health professionals to engage in weekly cancer conferences where cases are presented and treatment plans developed based on best practices. The conferences are attended by comprehensive teams of oncology experts including a surgical oncologist, radiologist, radiation oncologist, pathologists and many other medical experts. Together, they provide a full continuum of concentrated care in the areas of prevention, education, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitative and palliative care.

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Patient Navigation

Once you enter the LCRP, an oncology patient navigator may be assigned to you to help guide you and your family through the journey to recovery. The patient navigator, an oncology-trained registered nurse, is there to help you understand the disease process, your treatment options and supply you with any available information regarding clinical or research trials. They will also help you coordinate your physician appointments, assist with physician referrals, offer ongoing support, educate you on medication programs and coordinate delivery of test results, lab work and X-rays. A patient navigator is a valuable resource on your care team. For more information, please call us at (912) 819-6449.

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Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy services are provided through the Savannah Oncology Center  located within the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. Our partnership provides the most advanced treatments available, including:

• 4D 40-slice wide-bore imaging
• IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy)
• IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy)
• high- and low-dose brachytherapy
• MVision and cone beam CT imaging by Siemens.

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Support Groups

• General Cancer Support Group
    every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon
    every third Tuesday of each month from 6 until 7 p.m.
  
  
• Lung Cancer
    every fourth Thursday of each month from 5 until 6:30 p.m.
  
  
• Expression Sessions
    second Tuesday of each month from 6 until 7 p.m.
   
• Walking Group
    every Monday at 9:30 (last approximately ½ hour)

All support groups are held at the LCRP.