 Olathe Medical Center’s cancer program is dedicated to providing the best in patient-centered care. It is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer with commendation in the Community Hospital Cancer program category. Only one in four hospitals nationwide that treat cancer receive approval from the Commission.
Minds, hearts and technology united against cancer.
Olathe Medical Center brings a unique weapon to your fight against cancer. We combine leading-edge cancer treatment with a caring, connected team of caregivers. It’s a collaboration of cross-disciplinary expertise that helps create a strategic blueprint of cancer treatment especially for you.
Collaborative thinking
At every stage from diagnostics through treatment and ultimately follow-up, your progress is guided by not one physician or radiologist or oncologist, but by a collected panel of medical specialists. It’s Team You and it’s medical teamwork at its most effective.
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Personalized plans
Your current health status, your type of cancer, your personal wishes, plus our collective knowledge of the most advanced cancer technologies are all vital factors in a very individualized treatment plan designed for a positive outcome. We’re not simply fighting cancer. We’re specifically fighting yours.
Not just great minds against cancer. Great hearts, too.
You’re never alone in your cancer-fighting journey. We provide critical emotional support groups and resources both to patients and their families at every step. We’re accredited by the Commission on Cancer with commendation in the Community Hospital Cancer program category (only one in four hospitals nationwide receives this approval). What this means quite simply is that we put our hearts into your treatment as well as our expertise and technology.
Areas of excellence
Olathe Medical Center applies our unique collaborate and cross-disciplinary strategies in these specific areas of excellence to treat cancer:
Cancer Support Groups and Resources
Learning to deal with cancer or supporting a loved one coping with the disease is difficult. Olathe Health System provides cancer support groups provide an outlet for individuals seeking help, encouragement and companionship.
- Cancer Support Groups and Programs at Olathe Medical Center
- Cancer Resource Center, including registered dietitian, pharmacist, social worker, medical librarian, chaplain, wigs/hats/turbans, nutritional supplements, breast prostheses, support, info classes and materials. Call 913-393-8230 for more information.
- Hospice of Olathe Medical Center
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