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Becoming a Pratt Center Patient
Your life and your cancer care are our life's work. It's important to us that you not only receive the expertise and cancer treatment options you deserve but an equal measure of kindness and respect. The Mercy cancer services team at the Pratt Cancer Center in St. Louis, MO honors the dignity, values, needs and opinions of each patient we treat, and that can make a big difference in your life.
Why Choose the Pratt Cancer Center?
Patients choose Pratt Cancer Center for many reasons. No matter what kind of cancer you’re facing, we'll help you with a unique combination of sophisticated conventional treatment, integrative therapies and a supportive, healing environment. Our cancer care services in St. Louis are superior because:
- Our board-certified, experienced team of cancer specialists - medical oncologists, surgical oncologists and radiation oncologists - can treat your specific cancer effectively.
- We develop customized cancer care plans that fit your individual medical situation.
- Each cancer type has an oncology-trained Nurse Navigator who is specially trained in that cancer type and will walk the journey with you to help you understand, and provide educational and other supportive resources. Patients have called this their “cancer mom” or “cancer best friend”.
- We involve you in your own care from the start. We help you understand treatment options and help you make the best choices for yourself and your family.
- We support you as we take the time to listen to your concerns, answer your questions and meet your unique needs.
- We provide a cancer survivor rehabilitation program to help you regain your health to have the best quality of life following your cancer treatment.