Community Cancer Program
Delivering patient-centered cancer care
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto offers cancer care support through an award-winning Community Cancer Program featuring classes and forums on various cancer-related topics. Cancer journey survivorship classes, chemotherapy, and other education and support programs are available.
Nationally recognized high-quality care
Doctors Medical Center has been recognized with a Silver Accreditation Award by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The award demonstrates the hospital’s commitment to providing high-quality, multidisciplinary cancer care — patient-centered care delivered by team of physicians, nurses and support staff. Receiving care at a Commission on Cancer-approved hospital cancer program ensures that a patient will have access to:
- Quality care close to home
- Comprehensive care offering a range of services and equipment
- A multidisciplinary team approach to coordinate the cancer treatment options available
- Access to cancer-related information, education and support
- A cancer registry that collects data on cancer type, stage, and treatment results, and offers lifelong patient follow-up
- Ongoing monitoring and improvement of care
Services and care team
- Multidisciplinary team of board certified physicians
- Cancer focused committees
- Cancer data information specialists
- Clinical trials coordinator
- Certified nutrition specialists
- Oncology social service team
- Chaplaincy services
- Pain management team
- Case management team
- Oncology nurse educator
- Nurse navigator
- Quality care team
- Pharmacy management team
- Rehabilitation and therapy care team
Specialty cancer services
- Annual cancer survivor celebration
- Annual screenings
- Annual early detection classes
- Annual prevention programs
- Patient navigation process
- Consultative services
- Diagnostic imaging services
- daVinci® robotic surgical system
- Genetic assessment and referrals
- Distress screening process
- Systemic therapy services
- Oncology outpatient services
- Palliative care program
- Radiation oncology referral services
- Rehabilitation services
- Information about clinical trials and new treatment options