To provide comprehensive services to patients throughout the region, Saint Francis Medical Center's Cancer Institute has partnered with Cape Medical Oncology (a leading cancer care expert in Southeast Missouri) to provide treatment for various forms of cancer, including:

Brain and spinal cord
Breast
Colorectal
Gastrointestinal
Gynecologic (including cervical, uterine and ovarian)
Head and neck (including thyroid)
Leukemia
Lung/pulmonary
Melanoma
Multiple myeloma
Urologic (including prostate, testicular and renal)

The experienced staff at Cape Medical Oncology is thoroughly trained in managing difficult and life-threatening forms of cancer. Together, they work with colleagues in various specialties (including internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology and gynecologic oncology) to provide patients with the highest standard of care in cancer treatment.

Saint Francis Healthcare System has a strong partnership with the oncologists/hematologists at Cape Medical Oncology: Olivia Aranha, MD, PhD; Mark A. Meadors, DO; Carlos Robles, MD; Stanley D. Sides, MD, FACP; and Prem Sobti, MD.

Through Saint Francis' exclusive local affiliation with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network®, Cape Medical Oncology has access to evidence-based treatment protocols, credentialing guidelines and treatment processes developed by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center – the nation's leader in cancer care.

Cape Medical Oncology provides medical options for the treatment of cancer, including:

Advanced research
Biological drug therapy
Chemotherapy
Clinial trials
Hematology
Immunotherapy

Cape Medical Oncology is located at 24 S. Mount Auburn Road, on the Saint Francis Medical Center campus.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 573-331-5525.