Cancer Care and Oncology Services at Morton Hospital

Cancer Care and Oncology Services at Morton Hospital  

The Center for Cancer Care at Morton Hospital gives patients access to some of the area’s leading oncology specialists close to home. 

The center’s multidisciplinary team offers a high level of clinical expertise in preventing, diagnosing and treating all types of cancer.  

Services include:

• Medical oncology and hematology
• Surgical care for a variety of cancers
• Radiological minimally invasive biopsies
• Multi-detector CT, digital mammography, ultrasound tumor ablation and chemoembolization
• Cancer screening clinics
• Palliative interventional oncology procedures  
• Pain management services  

Medical Oncology and Hematology

Morton Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care delivers the latest medical oncology and hematology care.

Our services include:

• Chemotherapy
• Biological and other targeted therapies
• Hematology services
• Access to national clinical trials
• Support services for patients and families
• Bone marrow biopsies
• Hormone therapy  

Surgical Oncology

Our surgeons are skilled in many areas of oncologic surgery, including breast and gynecologic issues, colon disease, and thyroid disease, among other general surgery procedures.

We have a long history of utilizing minimally invasive techniques to remove cancers of various types. Surgeries are conveniently performed in our comfortable and beautiful Day Surgery Center, where patients receive compassionate, personalized care from our team of caring and experienced staff.  

Surgical Gynecological Oncology 

Morton Hospital's Center for Cancer Care also employs a multidisciplinary team of highly trained physicians, nurses, and other specialists dedicated to diagnosing and treating women with gynecologic cancers.

The surgical gynecological oncology team specializations include:  

• Treatment of women’s cancers
• Pre-invasive disease
• Complex gynecologic problems

The Importance of Screenings for Cancer Prevention

Morton Hospital employs a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, technologists and other support staff who specialize in preventative cancer screenings, such as screening mammograms for the early detection of breast cancer, colonoscopies for the early detection of colorectal cancer, and low-dose CT lung screenings for the early detection of lung cancer.