Cancer Care
Community Outreach
During 2011, the community outreach in Davidson/Williamson counties focused on providing information about the role of healthy nutrition in cancer prevention and on the role of mammography in early detection of breast cancer.
Click Here to View the Quarterly Cancer Committee Outreach Report »
TriStar Sarah Cannon Cancer Center
TriStar Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at TriStar Southern Hills provides a broad range of services for preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. TriStar Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is the nation’s largest community-based cancer treatment and research program, providing comprehensive services through a network of facilities and physicians to meet the medical needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment. Click here for more in depth information about the TriStar Sarah Cannon Cancer Center network.
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medical Oncology
- Surgery and Minimally Invasive Technologies
- IMRT - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Radiation Oncology
- Clinical Research Trials
Our state-of-the-art technologies for the diagnosis of cancer include:
- Mammography
- Bronchoscopy
- Computerized Axial Tomography (CT)
- Endoscopy
- Fluoroscopy
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Biopsy
- Radioactive Isotope Techniques / Nuclear
- Medicine
- Ultrasound
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
Treatment
In addition to the newest minimally invasive procedures and access to innovative, research-based approaches, we offer patients the benefits of all major treatment methods, including surgery, radiation oncology and medical oncology.
Medical and Radiation Oncology
The physicians at Tennessee Oncology provide quality cancer care, chemotherapy and support for cancer patients.
Surgery and Minimally Invasive Technologies
Our surgical suites are equipped for the most advanced surgical procedures, including video-guided, microscopic, and laser surgery. In addition, TriStar Southern Hills also offers brachetherapy (prostate seeding) and sentinel node biopsy.
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