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Why Community-Based
Cancer Care?
Today's high demands
for convenience and service have extended to healthcare, driving
the surge of many new neighborhood clinics and small, outlying hospitals.
For cancer patients, the need for community-based services is amplified
due to their intense treatment regimens, often taking most of their
time and energy.
More than 83 percent of all cancer care is
now delivered at the community level. This evolving trend dictates
a new model for the delivery of cancer care. To meet the needs of
their patients, more community-based clinics are offering advanced,
comprehensive cancer-care that was previously offered only in the
largest metropolitan areas.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN)
provides physicians and their patients access to a full range of
capabilities including diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, stem cell transplantation, and
supportive services—all in community outpatient settings.
With CCCN’s comprehensive, community-based
care, patients can:
Receive all their care and support services
at one location, rather than being shuffled from one clinic to another.
Eliminate the strenuous burden of travel, navigating
large parking lots and walking long distances.
Take advantage of today's most effective technologies
for diagnoses and treatments.
Spend more precious time with their families
at their time of need.
Receive their care in comfortable, intimate
surroundings rather than in sterile, impersonal settings.
Benefit from the best continuity of care, with
close collaboration among their medical caregivers and coordination
of treatments.
Participate in nationwide clinical trials of
investigative drugs and therapies.
With CCCN’s comprehensive, community-based
care, physicians can:
Provide today's most accurate and effective
diagnoses and treatments through advanced technologies.
Adjust patient care protocols in a timely manner.
Closely coordinate and integrate all patient
services and treatments.
Work with specialized oncology nursing teams
that share a singular mission.
Influence the development of new clinical trials.
Have a voice in public policy affecting cancer
care in America.
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