Prisma Health Cancer Institute

Prisma Health Cancer Institute provides access to some of the country’s most highly skilled physicians and healthcare team members, along with the latest diagnostics, treatment and research options available.

The Cancer Institute sees patients from all over the Southeast and beyond. Prisma Health Cancer Institute is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and is affiliated with the National Cancer Institute.

Our cancer experts include:

• Medical oncologists
• Radiation oncologists
• Surgical oncologists
• Gynecologic oncologists
• Pediatric oncologists

Nurse navigators

Our nurse navigators are certified oncology nurses who guide patients through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. They advocate for patients and provide education and psychosocial support around the clock.

Advanced practice providers

Our advanced practice providers include nurse practitioners (NP), physician assistants (PA) and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA). Advanced practice providers can examine patients, diagnose them and provide some treatments, all of which must be signed off by a supervising licensed physician. All of our nurse practitioners have extensive experience in oncology ranging from stem cell transplants to clinical research. They all are certified oncology nurses.

Prevention, screenings, treatments and survivorship

Our oncology experts treat all types of cancer. We offer the latest therapy to improve existing treatments and test new medical approaches. Whatever your cancer your needs are, we can help.

Learn more about our programs

The National Cancer Institute proclaimed Prisma Health Cancer Institute among the nation’s best in research with an award of $8.2 million to conduct clinical trials and research studies aimed at improving patient outcomes and reducing health disparities. The grant helps pave the way for more clinical trials and innovative therapies and will allow Prisma Health Cancer Institute to expand its groundbreaking cancer research into the Midlands. The additional clinical trials in the Midlands will initially target lymphomas, leukemia and solid tumors.

Prisma Health Cancer Institute is one of only 32 programs in the nation to receive a grant from the NCI’s Community Oncology Program (NCORP). Clinical trials focus on improving cancer prevention, cancer control, screening for early cancers, and post-treatment surveillance. Cancer care delivery research will focus on quality of life and understanding the diverse and multi-level factors that affect access and quality of care. The recent grant is for a six-year funding period. Since 1995, Prisma Health—Upstate has received more than $30 million in research grants from the National Institute of Cancer, considered the preeminent cancer research funder in the world.