We offer a range of hematology and oncology services. You can arrange appointments and consultation through your primary care provider. Our hematology and oncology services include:
Hematology
If you have a diagnosis of anemia, lymphoma, leukemia, or another blood disorder, we support you with expert care and treatment.
Available at these locations
Dayton VA Medical Center
Care we provide at VA Dayton health care
We offer a range of hematology services. You can arrange appointments and consultation through your primary care provider. Our hematology and oncology services include:
- Blood and platelet transfusions
- Medi-port flushes to clean and maintain the small medical appliance inserted under your skin, making it easier to inject drugs and draw blood
- Evaluation and treatment of blood disorders and cancer
- Dedicated outpatient infusion center, working closely with diagnostics, radiation oncology, interventional radiology, general surgery, palliative care, and social services
- Bone marrow biopsies, to see whether your bone tissue is healthy and making normal number of blood cells
Oncology/Cancer care
VA provides expert cancer diagnosis and care. We offer services to support you through treatment and beyond.
Available at these locations
Dayton VA Medical Center
Care we provide at VA Dayton health care
If you're diagnosed with cancer, our team will work with you, your primary care doctor, and other health care providers to develop a specialized treatment plan. We offer personal, compassionate, and expert care, with services like:
- Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Discussions
- Surgical removal of tumors and other cancerous tissue
- Immunotherapy, which helps your body's natural defenses destroy cancer cells
- Chemotherapy, which uses powerful drugs to fight cancer
- Radiotherapy, which uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors
- Interventional Radiology, which uses minimally invasive procedures using medical imaging guidance, such as x-ray fluoroscopy, ultrasound, or computed tomography (CT)
- Oncology Nurse Navigator who works with you and your doctor to help plan the best care for you, both in and out of the hospital. The role of the Oncology Nurse Navigator is to help coordinate the plan of care, including inpatient and outpatient services, offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome healthcare system barriers.
- Palliative care, to reduce pain and control other symptoms and side effects, like nausea, Shortness of breath etc.
- Cancer Survivorship Clinic provide services that help cancer survivors live well after cancer treatment. A cancer survivorship clinic may help you manage physical and emotional changes you may experience after your cancer treatment