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Mark
Cancer Survivor

Medical Oncology

Through its physicians and highly skilled oncology clinical staff, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers offers care for patients battling all types of cancers. Medical oncology is a service provided by a team that consists of medical oncologists and oncology nurses. This team works with cancer patients to ensure that they are receiving the best treatment plan for their particular situation. Throughout each patient's cancer treatment, this team closely monitors the patient's progress and provides education to each patient about various forms of cancer and the temporary side effects of cancer treatment through chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy, the treatment of cancer with special drugs, is used to keep cancer from spreading, to slow a cancer's growth and to relieve the symptoms that are caused by cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are designed to destroy or change cancer cells to bring the disease under control. Each drug affects cancer cells in a different way. Some drugs actually break down parts of the cells, some disrupt the cell's growth cycle at particular stages and others deplete "food" needed by the cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs affect both normal and cancerous cells. Although both types of cells are damaged, normal cells have a greater ability to repair this damage and to continue living than do the cancerous cells.

Chemotherapy drugs are typically administered intravenously, orally or through an injection. The length of treatment depends on the type and severity of the cancer. Chemotherapy treatments are available at all of RMCC's locations throughout Colorado.

RMCC delivers the latest developments in cancer care to our patients through our extensive research program. Clinical research trials offer high-quality cancer care and many of today's most effective standard treatment options are based on previous research results. Through this program, RMCC's medical oncology patients have access to the latest clinical research trials and cutting-edge technologies.