Cancer Center
The Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital – Davis offers residents of Northern Utah comprehensive cancer treatment with a team approach close to home. Using sophisticated technology, we provide advanced cancer treatment with speed, precision and personalized care from doctors you know and trust.
About
At Holy Cross Hospital – Davis Cancer Center we use patient navigators to support people from diagnosis to survivorship. These specialized caregivers coordinate cancer care by connecting patients and families to the health care team, identifying key resources, and providing the latest information and tools to aid decision-making.
Always advancing and continuing to meet the needs of our growing community, our center is conveniently located in the Robert F. Bitner Medical Office Building. We offer close parking, easy daily appointment scheduling and additional support services throughout the hospital and medical campus.
Our Services
Learning that you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer can be traumatic. We want you to know that you are not alone.
Our interdisciplinary team of physicians, radiation therapists, physicists, patient navigators, dosimetrists, nurses and other clinical professionals are here to accurately diagnosis, treat and care for you throughout you or your loved one’s cancer journey.
It is important to us to provide you with sophisticated and advanced cancer treatment in the community in which you live, making it unnecessary for long drives and often longer wait times to be seen and cared for.
Radiation oncology
Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is built on a CT scan platform that provides the physician with a 3D image of the tumor area prior to every treatment. Because of this, the patient receives continually changing radiation treatments each time they visit the center. The treatments are delivered with speed, precision and significantly reduced radiation exposure to healthy tissue.
Using modulated “beamlets,” delivered from all angles around the patient, the dose conforms to the tumor and avoids critical organs, which can mean improved outcomes, fewer side effects and a better quality of life.
This fully integrated radiology and radiation delivery system enables the development of sophisticated treatment plans for precise tumor targeting from all angles while sparing normal, healthy tissue. The IGRT solution can be used to treat a wide variety of cancers, from the most common to the most complex.
Radiation therapy
Bachytherapy delivers a high-radiation dose to the cancer area while protecting the nearby normal tissues and organs that surround the cancer site. It is a shorter treatment cycle and delivers treatment in a matter of days, versus weeks required by other cancer treatments.
This specialized radiation treatment uses flexible plastic catheters placed into or around a cancer area. A single radioactive source is placed directly inside the cancer area for a short time and is then removed once the radiation has been delivered, treating the cancer from the inside out.
Brachytherapy is effective for treating prostate and breast cancers, which are the most common types of cancer for men and women. High-dose radiation (HDR) brachytherapy enables physicians to control dose delivery more precisely within the breast or prostate gland and to more accurately limit the dose to surrounding normal tissue. The treatment can be customized to better fit the patient’s anatomy to avoid overtreating normal tissue, such as the skin, bladder or underlying chest wall.
Pathology
Our team of professional pathologists are board-certified and supported by trained laboratory technologists. Our laboratory is staffed 24 hours a day and is available to our physicians to provide timely, reliable results to give you and your doctor a better understanding of your diagnosis.
Diagnostic imaging
The Holy Cross Hospital Davis – Breast Care Center, conveniently located across the hall from the Cancer Center, provides diagnostic testing for breast cancer diagnosis including:
- 3D mammography
- Breast MRI
- Breast ultrasound
- Digital mammography
- High-risk breast screening
- MRI-guided breast biopsy
- PET/CT scans
- Stereotactic biopsy
- Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy
