At the Cancer Center of Western Virginia and the Carilion Medical Center for Children at Roanoke Community Hospital we offer the expertise and technology as well as compassionate care and friendly environment these children need. Our staff includes specialities such as a pediatric oncologist and a child life specialist to care for patients and keep their hope for the future alive. Skilled nurses, access to the most advanced cancer treatment available and our convenient location combine to make this a special place where young lives receive the care they need. We Provide Strong Medicine Carilion Cancer Center of Western Virginia is helping in the search for cancer cures by offering patients local access to national clinical trials. Clinical trials are an essential part of that journey, because every cancer treatment that is now a standard was once a national clinical trial.
Clinical trials take many forms.
Some compare new promising drugs against the best standard treatment available. Others compare different methods of treating certain cancers, such as chemotherapy versus surgery. The newest trials are called cancer control studies, which determine whether an individual is at risk for developing cancer and treat the disease before it surfaces.