Tag: Siteman Cancer Center
Siteman Cancer Center plans 2020 opening at Memorial Hospital East (Links to an external site)
The project now has all necessary approvals from the Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board, BJC HealthCare, and Washington University Physicians In Illinois, Inc. Read full article from Washington University School of Medicine »
Siteman Cancer Center to offer newest form of proton therapy (Links to an external site)
Construction will begin in early 2019 next to the region’s only proton therapy system at Siteman Cancer Center. Read full article from Siteman Cancer Center »
Siteman Cancer Center expands to Illinois (Links to an external site)
Patients to be seen at Swansea clinic until new facility opens at Memorial Hospital East
Siteman Cancer Center breaks ground in north St. Louis County (Links to an external site)
$26.3 million outpatient facility will be on Christian Hospital’s Northwest HealthCare campus
Superhero masks empower young cancer patients (Links to an external site)
A child life specialist with St. Louis Children’s hospital is giving kids “super” strength to beat cancer.
Siteman Cancer Center announces new network member (Links to an external site)
Phelps County Regional Medical Center joins network to reduce cancer’s impact in south central Missouri
Siteman Cancer Center – South County celebrates fifth anniversary
Siteman Cancer Center-South County marks its fifth anniversary this year. The facility houses radiation oncology and medical oncology services and provides surgical consulting.
Cancer patients get outfitted with special Stormtroopers helmet
8-year-old Evan has to wear a mask as he undergoes proton beam therapy to fight his brain tumor – so the staff at St. Louis Children’s Hospital surprised him with his very own Stormtroopers helmet “to help empower” him during treatment.
Evan’s Mask: A Siteman Kids story
The force is strong with Evan. His Star Wars mask is more than stylish – it’s an important part of his Proton Beam therapy.
Congratulations, Lexie!
A Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital patient finishing treatment at the S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center recently had the opportunity to ring the bell on the hospital’s new billboard. Read more »
Siteman Cancer Center to open north St. Louis County location July 1 (Links to an external site)
Christian Hospital will be home to Siteman’s fifth site.
Siteman Cancer Center achieves four-year accreditation for radiation oncology services (Links to an external site)
The radiation oncology program at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine has been accredited by a leading radiation oncology society. Read more »
Siteman Cancer Center opens expanded St. Charles County facility (Links to an external site)
Coordinated care allows a patient’s treatment plan to be determined in one visit.
Former proton patient featured in Guardians magazine (Links to an external site)
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Guardians magazine features a former proton patient who has been cancer-free since January 2016.
Pedal the Cause 2016
Eleven members of the Department of Radiation Oncology participated as riders (or virtual riders) in this year’s Pedal the Cause ride. This annual fundraising challenge raises money for cancer research at Siteman Cancer Center and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Through donations, bake sales, lunches, trivia nights, and button sales, this year’s Radiation Oncology Accelerators team was able to […]
Siteman Cancer Center is first to offer ViewRay image-guided radiation therapy
This state-of-the-art tool incorporates MRI and radiation therapy real time, allowing physicians to see a tumor as they treat it. View »
Siteman Kids launches (Links to an external site)
Siteman Cancer Center and St. Louis Children’s Hospital have launched a new partnership focused on treating children and adolescents with cancer using the latest, most effective treatments, in a setting oriented toward younger patients and their families. Read more »