We understand there is no one-size-fits-all to cancer treatment – cancer treatment options vary by cancer, condition and each patient, even those diagnosed with the same type of cancer respond differently to cancer treatments. Along with leading edge technologies, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute provides compassionate and personalized care for our patients.
Throughout our 60+ cancer centers across Georgia, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute offers our patients access to the most advanced cancer treatment options available today.
Our multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists work individually with each patient to develop an evidence-based treatment plan designed to meet each cancer patient’s needs so they can get back to living their lives to the fullest.
There are many different types of cancer drugs and ways to use them to treat cancer patients. Some drugs, such as chemotherapy, are designed specifically to kill cancer cells.
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that relies on the body's infection-fighting system (immune system). It uses substances made by the body or in a lab to help the immune system work harder or in a more targeted way to fight cancer.
Cellular therapy for cancer involves engineering a patient's own immune cells (usually T cells) to recognize and destroy cancer cells.
A stem cell transplant, or bone marrow transplant, is a procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Bone marrow transplants are typically a treatment option for patients with leukemia, multiple myeloma, or some types of lymphoma.
Most people with cancer will undergo some form of surgery as part of their treatment. Surgery may be used in diagnosing cancer, staging cancer, treating cancer, debulking (or surgical removal of as much of a tumor as possible), relieving cancer symptoms, and even preventing cancer.
Radiation therapy (also known as radiation oncology) is one of the most commonly used cancer treatments. It involves the use of special equipment to deliver high doses of radiation in order to destroy cancer cells.
Interventional radiology (IR), also called interventional oncology, uses imaging tools like CT, ultrasound, and MRI to deliver cancer treatments directly to tumors through tiny incisions. These minimally invasive procedures—such as ablation or embolization—target and destroy cancer cells while protecting healthy tissue.
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute offers cancer patients access to exclusive clinical trials throughout Georgia and in communities outside of a traditional university or research setting.
A stem cell transplant, or bone marrow transplant, is a procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Doctors also treat some blood diseases with stem cell transplants.
