Newswise — SEATTLE – Spokane Valley Cancer Center joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Network to become its 12th Member in the Northwest this month. This relationship will expand access to cancer treatment options and help foster advances in cancer care in the greater Spokane community.
Spokane Valley Cancer Center offers a personal and comprehensive approach to healing. Its services include medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, innovative research, a specialized oral pharmacy, and patient and family support. Spokane Valley Cancer Center also offers stereotactic radiosurgery, a noninvasive technology that effectively treats cancers of the brain, breast, bones, kidneys, head and neck, lung, liver, pancreas, prostate, and spine via the Spokane Cyberknife & Radiation Oncology Center.
“We are thrilled SCCA invited Spokane Valley Cancer Center to become part of its network,” said Arvind Chaudhry, an oncologist and hematologist at Spokane Valley Cancer Center. “We pride ourselves on providing patients the best treatment options available, and now we’ll be able to offer our patients even greater access to top oncologists and clinical trials.”
By joining the SCCA Network, Spokane Valley Cancer Center oncologists can now offer their patients expanded treatment options. The SCCA Network provides a structured program for supporting community-based oncology services, including continuing medical education, rapid second opinions, and arranging for local patients to enroll in SCCA clinical trials without having to travel to Seattle.
“It’s important that patients throughout the state have access to the best possible cancer treatment,” said Norm Hubbard, SCCA executive vice president. “We look forward to Spokane Valley Cancer Center joining our network, and we are excited to bring breakthrough care to even more patients in need.”
The new relationship doesn’t involve any changes to Spokane Valley Cancer Center’s health plan coverage. As always, patients should talk directly with their health plan customer service centers to understand coverage specifics before beginning any treatment.
Other members of the SCCA Network include Bend Memorial Clinic, Bend, Ore.; Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, Mont.; Columbia Basin Hematology and Oncology, Kennewick; Group Health Group Practice; MultiCare Regional Cancer Center, Tacoma; Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles; Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon; Tri-Cities Cancer Center, Tri-Cities; and Confluence Health, Wenatchee. SeaMar Community Health Centers also have a relationship with the SCCA Network as a community partner focused on educational activities.
For more information on the SCCA Network please visit: www.seattlecca.org/network-members. To learn more about Spokane Valley Cancer Center visit: www.spokanevalleycancercenter.com.
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About Seattle Cancer Care AllianceSeattle Cancer Care Alliance is a cancer treatment center that unites doctors from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s. Our goal, every day, is to turn cancer patients into cancer survivors. Our purpose is to lead the world in the prevention and treatment of cancer. SCCA has five clinical care sites: an outpatient clinic on the Hutchinson Center campus, a pediatric inpatient unit at Seattle Children’s, an adult inpatient unit at UW Medical Center, a medical oncology clinic at EvergreenHealth, and medical and radiation oncology clinics at UW Medicine / Northwest Hospital & Medical Center. Additionally, proton therapy services are provided at SCCA Proton Therapy, A Procure Center. For more information about SCCA, visit www.seattlecca.org.
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