Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Cancer Specialties: The Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center comprehensively treats all types of cancer including lung related cancers like mesothelioma
Primary location:
Clinical Sciences Research Building, LSU
533 Bolivar Street, Room 459
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-5151
URL: http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cancer_center/
About Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center:
The researchers and physicians of the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center (SSSCC) are working to change these statistics. In 1990, Dr. Mervin Trail established the SSSCC as a place where specialists with different backgrounds could work together to combat this disease and improve the way cancer patients are evaluated and treated.
Since then, the SSSCC has grown to include 100 researchers and physians. Its programs provide communities with information on how to reduce their chances of developing cancer; help people detect cancer at early, treatable stages of the disease; diagnose and treat cancer patients; and further cancer research.
Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program
In 1993, the SSSCC established a Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program (MB-CCOP) to provide minority and other cancer patients with opportunities to participate in clinical trials offered through the National Cancer Institute (NCI). One of only about a dozen MB-CCOPs funded by NCI, this program is delivering potentially life-saving care to patients across central and southern Louisiana. In 2009, the NCI awarded our MB-CCOP team the prestigious Harry Hynes award in recognition of outstanding community oncology.
The River Region Cancer Screening and Early Detection Center, Sorrento, Louisiana
Managed and staffed by the SSSCC, the mission of this clinic is to reduce the incidence and mortality of advanced-stage cancer in rural and underserved Louisiana communities. Founded in 2000 by the former Senator Louis Lambert, this clinic provides outreach services and screenings to individuals who are uninsured or underinsured. Last year, the clinic performed 2,500 screenings for breast, cervical, colon, prostate, rectal, and skin cancer.
