Lou and Jack Finney Cancer Center
About
The Lou and Jack Finney Cancer Center at Hunt Regional Medical Center, located in Greenville, Texas offers the region’s first comprehensive cancer care services.
Oncology patients in the Hunt County area do not need to travel great distances for their cancer care, which may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy or even brachytherapy. The center provides state-of-the-art cancer treatment, close to home, five days a week. Hunt Regional also offers lymphedema therapy, to reduce fluid buildup and swelling in the arms, legs or other body parts, sometimes caused by lymph node surgery or radiation.
Services
Chemotherapy is a group of medicines used to treat cancer. While surgery and radiation therapy target specific areas of the body, chemotherapy works systemically (throughout the body). Chemotherapy can also destroy cancer cells that have metastasized to parts of the body away from the original tumor site.
There are many variables to chemotherapy:
- More than 100 different drugs are used in chemotherapy.
- You may receive a single drug or a combination of drugs. Depending on your combination of drugs, your chemotherapy treatment session may last a few minutes to a few hours.
- You may receive chemotherapy as an injection, a pill, or an IV infusion.
Nursing professionals administer chemotherapy under the direction of your medical oncologist. Our pharmacists and nurses are highly trained in the preparation and management of chemotherapy–related drugs.
Your oncology team will closely monitor your progress and manage your care. Our community-based cancer treatment centers are designed to make your treatment sessions as comfortable as possible.
Your medical oncologist is the quarterback of your cancer treatment team, responsible for:
Physician assistants and clinical nurse practitioners may work with your medical oncologist to assist in providing your cancer care.
Radiation Modalities
Texas Oncology-Greenville Lou & Jack Finney Cancer Center offers a robust array of radiation modalities:
Imaging Equipment
CT Simulation Techniques
External Radiation Therapy
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Respiratory Gating
Brachytherapy Procedures
Radiation Information Systems
We understand that when a woman has had a mastectomy, she faces a world of changes in her appearance as she confronts the fight of her life. Difficulty affording post-treatment accessories, including wigs, compression garments, and prostheses, can greatly impact a patient’s outlook on recovery and life following a breast cancer diagnosis.
