About Us

When it comes to receiving cancer treatment, you want as much help as you can get. That's why our cancer care specialists have teamed up with the highly esteemed radiation therapy experts from   M. D. Anderson, ranked #1 in cancer care by    U.S. News & World Report.

Our team of over 200 caregivers includes 100 physicians in different specialties. Each of the physicians and their teams are crucial because cancer affects the whole body, often interacting with other diseases and conditions. So we provide both inpatient and outpatient care. And we have a wide range of services that include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hematology, surgery all the way to recovery and rehabilitation.

The power of our team goes beyond numbers. It is the cooperation of different disciplines that makes our cancer treatment so effective.

Also, getting care quickly is easy because, with such a dept of specialists, appointments are readily available. Our goal is to do more than effectively treat cancer. Our goal is to provide such a comprehensive program a patient feels very confident they are in highly skilled hands.

Presbyterian's Oncology Program Specialty Services Include:

Presbyterian's Oncology Program has a three year accreditation by the American College of Surgeon Commission on Cancer and provides a full range of specialty services.

Specialty surgical capability for general, orthopedic, neurosurgical, urological, colorectal and gynecological oncology cases

Medical oncology

World-Class Radiation Oncology provided by M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Radiation Treatment Center at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital

PET Scan

Palliative Care consult service

Dedicated oncology in-patient unit in the hospital

Multi-disciplinary team with specialist consultation services immediately available

Dedicated clinical social worker

Stem cell transplant, apheresis services, and high dose chemotherapy

Presbyterian Cancer Treatment Center Physicians are fully credentialled to use New Mexico's only Gamma Knife treatment facility

Tumor Board Referral so that individual patient cases can be reviewed by a number of specialties for second opinions on treatment options

Active participation in and support for the National Cancer survivorship movement