Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee
(Knoxville, TN)
At the Baptist Regional Cancer Center, our mission is multi-faceted. We are committed to providing subspecialty treatment and consultation to patients with a broad range of malignancies; improving access to care in medically underserved areas; and conducting cutting edge clinical research in conjunction with national study groups. We actively recruit patients to pharmaceutical company trials that give our patients access to new drugs prior to their commercial release. Outreach Clinics improve access to treatment.
In geographically remote areas of eastern Tennessee and Kentucky, we have established out-reach clinics to improve access to care. In conjunction with the local medical community, we now have clinics in Newport, Sevierville, Morristown, Etowah, Harrogate, Knoxville Breast Center, Rockwood, Williamsburg Kentucky and Baptist Hospital West. We make every effort possible to keep patients in their home communities for diagnostic and surgical services as this facilitates communication with primary care physicians.
Clinical Research at Baptist
The Baptist Regional Cancer Center clinical research staff is responsible for the research coordination and data management for the oncology protocols. More than 70 protocols are underway in the treatment of most cancers. In conjunction with national study groups such as the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG), Eastern Oncology Group (ECOG), the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Affiliate Network (Network) and numerous major pharmaceutical company-sponsored clinical trials, we are able to provide area residents access to the latest cancer treatments without the need to travel to other parts of the country.
Contact Information
Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee
Baptist Regional Cancer Center
101 Blount Ave. STE 610
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone (865) 632-5717
Fax (865) 549-4674
cancercenter@bhset.org
