Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Cancer Specialties: Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) offers leading-edge conventional treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy combined with complementary medicine therapies to treat all types of cancer including Mesothelioma.
Primary location:
2520 Elisha Avenue
Zion, IL 60099
Phone: (800) 931-0599
URL: http://www2.cancercenter.com/midwestern-hospital.cfm
About Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center:
Located in a restorative, rural setting in Zion, Illinois, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center is a premier provider of cancer care. Our cancer experts have been providing an unprecedented level of care to cancer patients like you at our hospital for more than two decades. More than doubling in size since its inception, the hospital expands every year as the latest medical innovations are acquired and more members join our team.
Our physicians, practitioners and support staff put patients first and work together to treat the whole person with thoroughly integrated and compassionate cancer care. We offer you:
Customized treatment to help you heal and experience a better quality of life.
Mesothelioma Cancer:
Mesothelioma cancer, or malignant mesothelioma, is an extremely rare disease generally affecting the lining of the chest or abdominal cavity. Less than 3,000 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer each year, and the average age of people afflicted is between 50 and 70 years old. Mesothelioma cancer is most strongly associated with exposure to asbestos, and can remain latent in those exposed for 30 to 40 years. There are two main types of mesothelioma cancer: pleural, in which the cancer affects the lining of the chest and peritoneal, which affects the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Pleural is the more common of the two, accounting for approximately three out of every four cases. Peritoneal comprises the bulk of the remainder of mesothelioma cancers. Other extremely rare forms of mesothelioma cancer affect the lining of the heart (the pericardium) or testicles.
