Oncology Osceola County, Florida with the Osceola Cancer Center

Oncology Osceola County, Florida

If you are living with cancer, than your life and health is rapidly changing. In order to treat it with the help of professional physicians who specialize in oncology, you need to contact the Osceola Cancer Center in Osceola County Florida. Oncology is the treatment of cancer and there are a number of ways to help you stay on your feet and fight cancer.

Once you have been diagnosed with a certain type of cancer, the Osceola Cancer Center will begin your treatment based your type of cancer, the stage of cancer and your condition overall.

Therefore, you will undergo one or more of the following therapies:
- Chemotherapy: Involves the use of single drugs or combination of drugs to kill cancer cells. Drugs can be injected intravenously or in a body cavity or orally in the form of a pill.
- Surgery: Can be used for diagnosis and treatment. When it is used for treatment, the cancer and some tissue adjacent to the cancer are typically removed. Information about possible recurrence can be determined during surgery. Using additional treatment methods will also be determined if they're needed.
- Radiation therapy: High-energy rays used to damage or kill cancer cells by preventing them from growing and dividing. Like surgery, it targets visible tumors but does not terminate cancer cells in other parts of the body. Radiation therapy can be externally or internally delivered. Radiation can be used in combination with chemotherapy and surgery.
- Biological therapy: Type of treatment that uses the body's immune system to help kill cancer cells. Types of biological therapy include interferon, interleukin, monoclonal antibodies, colony stimulating (cytokines) and vaccines. Biological therapy is also known as immunologic therapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy.
- Hormonal therapy: Drugs that block hormone production or change how hormones function and/or removal of organs that give off hormones (ovaries, testicles) is a way to fight cancer.

The physicians at the Osceola Cancer Center specialize in hematology (treatment of blood disorders) and oncology (treatment of cancer). Every physician has completed Medical school and followed up with internship and residency training in Internal Medicine. After this, each one completed 2-3 year fellowships in the field of oncology and hematology. The physicians are also board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Through continuous research, teaching and learning additional medical information and gaining more medical education, all physicians are fully capable of cancer treatment.

The Osceola Cancer Center stands apart from other cancer treatment centers because they participate in Clinical Trials as a means of advancing the field of oncology care. Whether it is through a new drug, a new combination of drugs or a new technique or technology, clinical research may not only benefit current patients but efficiently prepares future cancer patients for the treatment they are about to receive.

The cancer patient, their family members and so forth can talk about their personal issues and receive psychosocial support for their concerns during cancer treatment by talking with Judy Shell, R.N., PhD, the Medical Family Therapist at Osceola. She is a professional who specializes in the emotional, spiritual and relational effects of illness. Before working as a Medical Family Therapist, she worked for years as an Oncology Nurse Specialist. Her work is motivated by compassionate care for individuals and their families, to respect their opinions and information that they share with her. She works with them to build strength while living as a cancer patient or with a loved one that is struck by it. Research has proven that patients who receive psychosocial support during cancer treatment report a significant reduction in suffering, an increase in hope, an improvement in meaningful relationships, and a longer life span.

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