The next public symposium, Healthy Lungs, will be offered in April at no cost to participants. Those who attend will learn about the impact the environment may have on the lungs, how to protect children from second-hand smoke, how smoking affects pregnancy, and the latest technology for the treatment of lung cancer. A symposium for health care professionals will be offered this fall on Advances in Head and Neck Cancer. This conference is recommended for physicians, nurses and other health care providers. All of the Alliance hospitals offer a cancer information center that provides information about prevention, diagnosis, treatment, support, technology and clinical trials.
Information is just a phone call away.
Treatment also includes access to multi-discipline team efforts, innovative treatment through clinical trials, and bone marrow transplant. Research And Development Clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and other associations are being conducted in Health Alliance hospitals, which offer patients access to innovative treatments. Together, the Alliance hospitals have over 120 open cancer clinical trials. Research continues in gene therapy for brain cancer and head and neck cancer. In addition, a hereditary cancer program provides families with genetic counseling, risk assessment, genetic testing options and personalized health care plans.