Everyone here at California Hospital's Donald P. Loker Cancer Center is personally committed to maintaining the highest standards of customer care - whether that means checking in on our patients before the end of a shift, or simply giving someone a warm smile when they need it most. Our patients feel that our staff has their best interests at heart. From the time our patients arrive they are treated with compassion and competent care. A career at the Donald P. Loker Cancer Center offers you the opportunity to work in a highly technical and specialized field without sacrificing the warmth and compassion that drew you into health care in the first place.
Services:
- Mammography - a mammogram is an x-ray of the breast and is recommended annually for women ages 40 an up.
- Image Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) - a highly advance and computer controlled x-ray use to deliver precise radiation doses to a malignant tumor or specific areas. The radiation dose conforms to the tumor's (3-D) shape with controlled intensity, minimizing exposure to healthy tissue.
- High Dose Rate Bracytherapy - Radioactive seeds (about the size of a grain of rice) are placed in or near the tumor which will eventually (weeks or months) shrink the tumor to nothing. The seeds have no lasting effects.
- Sentinel Node Biopsy - an innovative, minimally invasive sugery that enables doctors to detect even the slightest amount of cancerous tumors in the lymph nodes and remove only those nodes that are affected.
- Chemotherapy - the use of drugs or combinations of drugs to kill or damage cancer cells in the body.
- Cryosurgery - the use of extreme cold from liquid nitrogen to destroy abnormal tissue. Often used for skin, prostate and cervical cancers.
