Our cancer therapies and procedures meet the highest industry standards. Combining experts from a range of specialities, the cancer care team at Bayhealth works collaboratively to develop a treatment plan tailored to your specific needs. Among the many board-certified specialists whooutline your comprehensive care plan are surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists. Speak with a Bayhealth cancer expert.
Awards & Recognitions
With an accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Bayhealth represents unparalleled excellence in cancer care. We are also a proud member of the Penn Cancer Network, an affiliation that further distinguishes our expertise in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.
Industry Leaders in Rectal Cancer Care
Among the first 50 health systems to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), Bayhealth remains at the forefront of medical advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.
Learn more about our awards and accreditations.
Surgical Approaches
From traditional surgeries to breakthrough procedures that use minimally invasive techniques, Bayhealth cancer specialists work collaboratively to treat your condition. Adhering to evidence-based guidelines, our robot-assisted surgical procedures provide safe treatment for all stages of cancer. Learn more about surgical options for specific conditions.
Radiation Therapies
Our team may use external beam radiation in combination with other treatments to address your cancer. Employing sophisticated technology, our certified radiation therapy team concentrates high-energy beams of radiation on the precise parts of your body affected by disease. This safe and accurate procedure may be administered routinely over a period of days or weeks.
Forms of radiation therapy we offer include the following.
- External Radiation: The most common form of radiation therapy, external beam radiation directs high-energy rays from outside the body. This treatment could be administered more than once a day for several weeks.
- Brachytherapy: During this treatment approach, your radiation oncologist places radioactive material into or near the cancerous area.
- Radionuclide Therapy: Less invasive than internal radiation, this therapy uses radioactive material that can be swallowed or injected.
Radiation can be used in your treatment plan in several other ways, including shrinking a large tumor before surgery or relieving symptoms of cancer (palliative radiation therapy).
Learn more about how radiation treats specific conditions.
Medical Therapies
Our board-certified oncologists prescribe your medical therapy, and our highly trained nursing staff administers that therapy intravenously, orally or through injection.
Among the medical treatments we provide are the following.
- Chemotherapy: Often used in combination with radiation or surgery, chemotherapy is an intravenous (IV) drug therapy intended to destroy cancer cells or slow their growth. The specific drugs used during your chemotherapy (and how often they are administered) depend on the type, stage and location of your cancer.
- Immunotherapy: This novel drug therapy boosts your immune system by empowering your cells to more effectively fight cancer. While some types of immunotherapy teach your cells to attack specific forms of cancer (CAR T-cell therapy), others increase your immune system’s cancer-fighting powers overall (targeted molecular therapy).
- Targeted Drug Therapy: Our cancer experts administer a combination of substances such as antibodies and growth inhibitors during this treatment procedure. The exact drugs and how they’re administered depend on several factors, including the type, stage and location of your cancer.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that test cutting-edge drugs, procedures and technologies with the purpose of establishing new or better ways of treating cancer. The skilled nurses in our Clinical Research Program can help you find clinical trial options for your specific cancer.