welcome Many lives have been touched — and sometimes
palliative care and hospice services. Survivorship is
completely transformed — by the good help of Bon
our goal for every patient diagnosed with cancer
Secours. Our skilled surgeons, nurse navigators and
— and national statistics demonstrate that 66% of
cancer specialists provide unparalleled healing and
cancer patients survive five years or more. Our ability
hope to patients and their families. With one in two
to attack cancer with the best science, team and
men and one in three women at risk for developing
technology has allowed Bon Secours to provide good
cancer in their lifetimes, the advanced diagnostics,
help for all in need.
treatments and supportive care provided to Bon Secours patients are more important than ever.
We’re proud that the values we live by each day at Bon Secours Virginia Cancer Institute extend beyond what
Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System offers
is simply required. We place each individual with cancer
comprehensive cancer care programs for lung/chest,
and his or her family at the center of our attention,
colorectal, prostate, breast and gynecological cancers.
treating them with compassion, dignity and respect.
Our locally and nationally recognized physicians and therapists use state-of the-art equipment to diagnose
Good help is world-class programs. Good help is
and treat cancer and to save lives. This includes the
expert care. And good help touches all of us. We
latest low-dose 64 slice computerized tomography
encourage you to take a few minutes to get to know
(CT) units, PET/CT scanning units, the da Vinci® Si
us better by reading more good help stories in the
Robotic Surgery System, the Varian® True Beam linear
following pages and by visiting our website or calling
Since 1824 in Paris, when the Sisters of Bon Secours left the safety of their convents to care
accelerator, and interventional radiology suites among
our cancer resources.
for the sick in their homes, good help has not only been our name, it’s been our calling.
others. These innovations help our clinical teams
Today, the Bon Secours Virginia Cancer Institute continues this focus with a mission to
provide more precise diagnosess and treatment plans, shorten treatment times and enhance patient comfort. Once patients enter our cancer institute, they have
provide seamless, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, evidence-based cancer treatment, as Michael K. Kerner, CEO Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System
full access to the entire spectrum of care for cancer patients and their families. This includes outpatient infusion centers, lymphedema clinics, cancer resource centers, oncology nurse navigators, as well as
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well as support and survivorship programs for individuals with cancer. We work each day to serve our patients and their families through a compassionate, world-class staff, extraordinary care and convenient, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities.
Sister Patricia M. Heath, SUSC Senior Vice President of Sponsorship Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System
BON SECOURS CANCER INSTITUTE
Good help is compassionate. Good help is innovative. Good help is Bon Secours.
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