Colorectal cancer

If you've been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, your cancer care team will discuss your treatment options with you. Your particular course of treatment depends on the current stage your cancer, and could consist of one or more of the following:

• Chemotherapy
• Medications
• Radiation therapy
• Surgery

Our full range of available diagnostics and services across our facilities includes:

• Advanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) to more precisely diagnose cancers
• Cancer support services and access to local and national support groups
• Colorectal nurse navigator to guide you through your cancer journey
• Enhanced surgical recovery (ESR) program to speed up recovery and ensure you are actively involved in your recovery
• Genetic counseling
• Oncologic rehabilitation
• Ostomy services
• Robotic surgery
• Screening and diagnostic colonoscopy

As part of our colorectal cancer services, we also offer ostomy surgery and support services. Ostomy surgery is a procedure that reroutes bodily waste from its usual path. If you have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and require advanced treatment, you may also benefit from ostomy surgery. We offer several options for ostomy surgery, including:

• Colostomy
• Ileostomy
• Urostomy

If you receive an ostomy procedure, our teams offer follow up care and ongoing support, including our outpatient ostomy clinics that help you navigate life post-surgery.

Other ostomy services we offer include:

• Presurgical services including stoma site selection and general education.
• Inpatient services that also include postoperative education with hands-on demonstrations that will help you to identify properly fitting products and will also connect you to resources and community support.
• Outpatient clinics that will troubleshoot leakage and skin breakdown issues, identify properly fitting products, assess for changes in weight, abdominal contours or mobility issues and assist with difficulty obtaining ostomy supplies.