Cancer Treatment Options

Patients receiving cancer care at Banner Good Samaritan can be confident that they are getting the most current and specialized treatments available. An interdisciplinary team of experts works together to present each patient with an individualized treatment plan.

Banner Good Samaritan also participates in the Oncology Data Management system, a confidential information registry that logs treatment-related data on all new cancer patients, to increase our effectiveness and help better understand the cancer care process.

Information including patient demographics, cancer identification, treatment modalities, and patient outcomes is collected, analyzed and forwarded to medical professionals at the state and national level. This system complies with federal patient privacy laws and serves to help our hospital and others to learn from each patient’s experience.

Following is a list of some of the cancer treatment options available at Banner Good Samaritan:

• Advanced Surgical Services 
• Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation
• Brachytherapy
• Chemotherapy (inpatient & outpatient)
• Cryoablation Treatment
• Gynecologic Oncology
• Hormone Therapy
• I-131 Treatment 
• Management of Treatment-related Side Effects 
• Pain Management 
• Prostate Seed Implants
• Radioembolization
• Radiofrequency Ablation Treatment
• SIR-Sphere®
• State-of-the-art Radiation Therapies (including Conformal, IMRT, and 3-D therapies)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• TheraSphere®
• TomoTherapy Hi-Art System® 
• Total Body Irradiation 
• Treatment and care for benign and malignant hematological disorders 
• Ultrasound Guided Prostate (Brachytherapy) Program