Medical Oncology

Medical Oncology is the treatment of cancer with medicine, such as chemotherapy, hormones, and analgesics.  Medical oncologists coordinate and direct a patient’s medical care. Your medical oncologist will provide several of the following services:

• Educate patients on their form of cancer and stage development.
• Explain patients’ treatment options, make recommendations, and work with patients to develop a customized treatment plan that is right for them.
• Monitor the care and treatments patients receive.

At Cancer Centers of Florida, we are highly experienced, knowledgeable, and genuinely empathetic.  We pride ourselves on staying up-to-date on the most advanced treatments and clinical trials.  Further, we take a genuine interest in each patient, and we work hard to fulfill their every need. 

Our medical oncologists will work with you to improve your quality of life through curative therapy and palliative care.

Radiation Oncology

The Radiation Therapy Team is made up of several medical professionals led by the Radiation Oncologist (a physician who specializes in the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer), and includes a Medical Physicist, Dosimetrist, Radiation Therapists, and a Radiation Oncology Nurse.

When the Radiation Oncologist determines radiation to be an appropriate therapy, your physician working with our radiation team develops a treatment plan using sophisticated imaging and radiation technologies. Cancer Centers of Florida can offer modern techniques, including CT simulation, 3D Conformal Therapy, and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), a state-of-the-art treatment, gives the Radiation Oncologist the ability to "shape" the radiation dose to conform to the tumor, sparing the adjacent healthy tissue. Tumors are irregularly shaped, and IMRT technology allows higher radiation doses to be focused to regions within the tumor with more precision and accuracy. This technology allows the Radiation Oncologist to aim higher doses of radiation at your cancer while reducing the radiation to nearby healthy tissue.

Review questions that you may wish to ask your radiation oncologist.

Hematology

Hematology is the study of blood and blood-forming tissues, and the study of the nature, function and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs. Cancer Centers of Florida has some of the most experienced, highly regarded hematologists in Central Florida. They deal with diseases such as leukemia, coagulative disorders like hemophilia, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma and lymphoma.