The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center addresses an important focus of the Ochsner multidisciplinary team approach: the social, physical and emotional impacts of cancer treatment.
Our patients benefit from a collaborative approach to cancer care by a highly skilled team of medical oncologists, radiation and surgical oncologists, oncology nurses and social workers. Our Center for Innovative Cancer Therapies Program is the region's only program dedicated to bringing early phase clinical trials to the Gulf South. A research partnership with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center ensures that clinical and basic research into cancer prevention and treatment receives the highest attention. Additionally, Ochsner is a member of the Louisiana Cancer Consortium.
Ochsner offers integrative oncology services ? therapies that are designed to be used together with traditional medical treatment to boost quality of life ? to patients throughout their cancer journey. Patients have access to a meditation space, and services including physical therapy, yoga, acupuncture and a gym.
The cancer center includes 58 personalized and semi-private patient chemo infusion stations against the beautiful, relaxing backdrop of the Mississippi River. It also has dedicated infusion and clinic spaces for bone marrow transplant patients.
The Lieselotte Tansey Breast Center is located inside The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center to further integrate the multidisciplinary treatment approach.