The deadliest form of cancer in the United States may have finally met its match.
EvergreenHealth's Halvorson Cancer Center and its powerful partnership with the Seattle Cancer Alliance (SCCA) are leading the way in diagnosing and treating lung cancer, and giving you new hope for outcomes that seemed nearly unthinkable a decade ago.
It's all thanks to:
And it's all conveniently close to home. The Halvorson Cancer Center, located at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, is a warm and comforting environment that's designed to ease anxiety and make you and your family feel at home, all to promote healing - and hope.
It means you can focus on "you". You don't have to make dozens of phone calls to line up care, or worry about traveling to different offices and facilities for appointments, tests and treatment.
Your team, all in one place, meets weekly to go over every aspect of your care, so the best minds can easily come together on a plan that offers you the best chance for survival.
From diagnosis through treatment and recovery, our experts collaborate with each other on a lung cancer care plan that is tailored specifically to you, and then we help guide you every step of the way, including:
In addition, our warm and comforting environment is designed to ease anxiety and make you and your family feel at home, all to help promote healing - and hope.
Best of all, it's all under one roof at EvergreenHealth's Halvorson Cancer Center, and it's all conveniently close to home.
We also offer classes and support groups, social workers, rehabilitation services and the resources you and your family need, from day one.
Our lung cancer team has studied under some of the best cancer doctors in the world, and continues to share their expertise with other top lung cancer experts. This means they'll provide you with the best and newest evidence-based treatments for your lung cancer, including drug therapies, genetic-specific treatments, and immune therapies that are all reshaping the battle against lung cancer
Their great teamwork, combined with top-of-the-line treatments and technologies, save lives.
If you are currently, or have been, a heavy smoker, see if you qualify for our lung cancer screening program.
If an X-ray spots something suspicious in your lungs, learn how we make the diagnosis.
If you've been diagnosed with lung cancer and choose EvergreenHealth's Halvorson Cancer Center for your treatment, your first step will be meeting with your lung cancer nurse navigator. She will be your partner through treatment and aftercare.