Mayo Clinic – Minnesota
Mayo Clinic – Minnesota
Cancer Specialties: The Mayo Clinic treats all types of cancer, including the breast, lung, mesothelioma, etc.
Primary location:
Mayo Clinic – Minnesota
Mayo Campus
201 West Center Street
Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: (507) 284-2511
Fax: (507) 284-0161
URL: http://www.mayoclinic.org/mesothelioma/
About the Mayo Clinic:
Mayo Clinic, Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital form the largest integrated medical center in the world, providing comprehensive diagnosis and treatment in virtually all medical and surgical specialties. More than 350,000 patients from all walks of life seek answers at Mayo Clinic each year.
Mesothelioma represents less than 1 percent of all cancers. It is rarely seen in smaller medical centers, where on average, a physician may see two cases in her/his career. At Mayo Clinic, three to four new cases are seen every month. Diagnosis and treatment of this cancer can be difficult, and proper management of the disease often includes evaluation at large medical centers by specialists more experienced in standard and experimental treatments for the disease.
Physicians from all over the world refer patients with mesothelioma to Mayo Clinic. Mayo’s strength lies in the ability to quickly assemble a team of experts from several areas, such as pulmonary medicine, thoracic surgery, oncology (cancer), radiation therapy and pathology who work with the patient to obtain a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan — usually within a few days.
