Marquette General Cancer Center

 

When the diagnosis is cancer, you want every available resource at your disposal. At the Marquette General Cancer Center, a team of experts work together to manage your care.

 

We are a Community Cancer Center approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and that's your assurance of excellent care.

 

Community Participation -

Representatives from the Cancer Center (Shirley Jackson, Breast Care Coordinator) and Radiation Oncology (Jolynn Blackburn, Radiation Therapist and Cherie Timmonen, Radiation Therapist) participated in the Portage View Hospital Community Health Fair on June 5th. 

Information was provided  to approximately 200 people with a display on Radiation Oncology treatment and Breast Health.

 

Community Participation   Community Participation

 

 

Our Goal is to raise 4,000,000

Through August 13th, 2010, more than $2.41 million has been raised, putting the Foundation at 60% of its campaign goal!

 

  

Accelerating the Future with a new Linear Accelerator and CT Simulator

 

MGHS announces $6 million cancer treatment project

 

Radiation cancer equipment upgrade planned

 

 “We all know someone, perhaps it’s a friend or family member, who has been affected by cancer,” said Pat Bray, President of the Marquette General Foundation. “Acquiring enhanced technology is the most critical and immediate goal of the Cancer Center. This new state-of-the-art technology will ensure that the most advanced radiation treatment care is available close to home.”

 

The treatment of cancer today requires the use of many modalities. Surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiation therapy are well known. Interventional Oncology is a new field for cancer treatment that uses minimally invasive local procedures to target tumors while preserving surrounding tissue and decreasing recovery time for patients.

 

The Cancer Center offers all of the currently approved methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and clinical research.

 

Cancer specialists from Marquette visit eight communities throughout the U.P. to see

patients on a regular basis.

 

Christopher J. Mehall, MD

Featured Physician

 

Christopher J. Mehall, MD
Interventional Radiology

 

  

 

 

 

The Karmanos Cancer Center and the Marquette General Cancer Center have signed an affiliation agreement to collaborate on cancer care and research. As an affiliate of the Karmanos Cancer Center, the Marquette General Cancer Center will continue to offer unique cancer treatment options, and provide access to higher-level clinical trials to patients living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. As part of the agreement, physicians at the Marquette General Cancer Center will be a part of the Karmanos Multidisciplinary Team structure. This means cancer patients at the Center in Marquette who need a second opinion may have a built-in review by Karmanos Cancer Center physicians, who will provide input on proposed treatment plans.

 

 

Cancer Center Mission