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Lung Cancer Care at Providence St. Joseph - Orange

When you’re our patient, we don't just treat your lung cancer – we treat you. You receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. For our patients with a high lung cancer risk, we offer a low-dose CT scan monitoring program that finds a majority of cancers in the earliest stages – offering the highest chance of cure.

1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA 92868
1962.0 miles away
657-282-4546

Lung Cancer Care at Providence St. Joseph - Orange

When you’re our patient, we don't just treat your lung cancer – we treat you. You receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. For our patients with a high lung cancer risk, we offer a low-dose CT scan monitoring program that finds a majority of cancers in the earliest stages – offering the highest chance of cure.

1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA 92868
1962.0 miles away
657-282-4546

About Lung Cancer

It’s often caused by exposure to tobacco, though there are rising numbers of patients being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked or been exposed to secondhand smoke.

Our expert team of doctors uses the most effective, leading-edge therapies to treat patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies such as:

  • Carcinoid tumors
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Lung cancer, including small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma
  • Mediastinum tumors in the sternum and/or surrounding area between the lungs
  • Metastatic cancer involving the lung
  • Thymic tumors

Personalized Treatment for Lung Cancer

We offer a wide range of advanced treatment options for our lung cancer patients — from diagnosis to post-treatment support. But your care begins well before treatment. We take care of you as soon as you walk through our doors. Your multidisciplinary care team works with you to design an individualized care plan, which may include one or more of the following: 

Systemic therapies travel through the bloodstream and affect cells in other body parts. They are used for patients whose cancer has spread to other areas of the body or if there’s a high risk of spread. Sophisticated genetic analysis allows us to target therapies to specific DNA mutations that cause cancer cells to develop and grow. Systemic therapies include:

  • Chemotherapy
  • Clinical trials
  • Immunotherapy
  • Molecularly targeted therapy

Surgical therapies involve an operation or procedure to remove cancer from the body. Surgery may be the main treatment for some invasive cancers, but it’s only one part of the entire treatment plan. Surgical therapies include:

  • Lung lobectomy
  • Open lung wedge resection
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Segmentectomy
  • Sleeve lobectomy
  • Video-mediastinoscopy

Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation from a source like X-rays or photons to kill cancer cells or shrink tumors. It may be part of a treatment plan that also includes systemic therapies and/or surgery. Radiation is sometimes used to help ease a patient’s pain or discomfort. Radiation therapies include:

  • Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)

Meet the Team

At Providence, you'll have access to a vast network of dedicated and compassionate providers who offer personalized care by focusing on treatment, prevention and health education.

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Recognition

U.S. News & World Report - High Performing Hospital in Lung Cancer Surgery (2024-25)

American College of Radiology (ACR) - Radiation Oncology Accredited Facility

American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Commission on Cancer Accredited Program

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Lung Cancer Screening

Early detection of cancer increases the likelihood of positive long-term outcomes. We strive to empower you to take control of your respiratory health. Undergoing a lung cancer screening can help detect early-stage lung cancer, even if symptoms aren’t apparent. Learn more about lung cancer screening today.

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Testing and Diagnostics

Your doctors use many diagnostic and prognostic tools to learn which therapies work best to treat your cancer. Taking into account factors specific to your case, like cancer type and the genetic or molecular profile of the tumor, this may include one or more of the following: 

  • Gene expression assays
  • Genomic tumor profiling
  • MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
  • PET/CT scan

Why Choose Us for Your Lung Cancer Care?

As our patient, you have access to the best specialists, the most innovative therapies and a full range of cancer care and support services for you and your loved ones. We’re able to minimize the time between your diagnosis and treatment with coordinated, whole-person care that always puts you first.

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One thing most patients can count on is that cancer care takes a team! Your multidisciplinary team may include board-certified oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, surgeons and therapists. They use cutting-edge techniques when diagnosing and treating your lung cancer, such as the ION robotic bronchoscopy for early diagnosis. We are among the top five ION providers nationwide. If you need surgery as part of your treatment, our experienced surgeons use the most advanced and minimally invasive techniques.

While undergoing treatment, we want to help you focus on healing and support you as a whole person – body, mind and spirit. We offer many support services, including a dedicated nurse navigator who will help you manage your treatment and find the resources you need. When you finish treatment, we’ll still be there to care for you with rehabilitation programs and support groups for recovering patients.

Your care team works with you to design a treatment plan that fits your needs. Your personalized treatment plan depends on unique factors, from your diagnosis to your personal preferences. Your local doctors meet weekly with other regional experts to discuss your case. These multidisciplinary tumor boards help us to be sure you’re getting the very best treatment, so you don’t have to visit another doctor or specialist yourself.

Cancer doesn’t discriminate, but access to great care and compassionate cancer experts hasn’t always been the same for everyone. At Providence St. Joseph - Orange, we are deeply committed to ensuring that every patient who walks through our doors is seen and treated with the upmost respect and dignity. We offer telehealth and multilingual community outreach events to help meet our patients where they are.

We value, respect and support the racial, ethnic, religious, spiritual, gender and sexual identities of each member of our diverse communities. In keeping with our Mission, Providence offers financial assistance programs that provide free and low-cost care to those who are eligible.

We are part of the Providence Cancer Institutes in Orange County, which features world-class cancer experts in four hospitals. As our patient, you have access to the largest community-based cancer network in the United States. This means that your local cancer care team shares knowledge and experience with other world-class clinicians across 51 hospitals in seven states. The power of our network is one of the reasons nearly 2,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients choose Providence St. Joseph - Orange each year.

Providence is known for offering options — and hope — to patients seeking advanced therapies to treat lung and other thoracic cancers. We partner with the Providence Research Center and other cancer research organizations. As our patient, you can participate in one of our many clinical trials. This includes FDA-regulated trials to develop new cancer therapies.

Supporting Our Cancer Patients

Part of treating your illness means supporting and empowering you as a whole person – body, mind and spirit. We provide you with a wide range of support services beyond conventional treatment to help you and your loved ones through your treatment journey as comfortably as possible. Depending on your personal needs, this may include one or more of the following:

  • Art therapy
  • Cancer wellness program
  • Chapel
  • Chaplain services
  • Community screenings and education
  • Counseling
  • Educational classes and programs
  • Financial navigation
  • Genetic counseling
  • Ginny’s Shop for wigs, prostheses, mastectomy bras, DigniCap
  • Healing garden
  • Interpreter services
  • Multidisciplinary case conferences
  • Nurse navigation, multiple languages including Spanish & Vietnamese
  • Oncology massage therapy
  • Online library of patient education videos
  • Palliative care
  • Patient assistance fund
  • Physical rehabilitation program
  • Pilates
  • Registered dietitians
  • Social workers
  • Support groups
  • Survivorship programs
  • Transportation services for appointments
  • Women’s health services
  • Yoga

The Power of Our Network

Part of the Providence Cancer Institute of Orange County

From diagnosis to recovery and beyond, we’re with our patients every step of the way. We’ve integrated three nationally accredited cancer programs – Mission, St. Joseph and St. Jude – to provide you with:

  • Board-certified cancer specialists who collaborate across locations to provide convenient, connected care close to your home or work.
  • Innovative screening that can detect more than 50 types of cancer through a single blood draw.
  • Patient navigators for each cancer type who will help you manage your treatment and find the resources you need.

Learn More About the Providence Cancer Institute of Orange County

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