Liver Cancer Care at Providence Mission Hospital
When you’re our patient, we don't just treat your liver cancer – we treat you. You receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. We are at the forefront of innovation, constantly improving outcomes and learning how to provide even better care for our patients. We provide all of our services in one location, in a serene setting with spiritual care and a meditation garden.
As the first hospital in California to perform histotripsy, a revolutionary new non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign liver tumors, Providence Mission Hospital is a Providence Mission Hospital offers advanced liver cancer care, including the innovative non-invasive histotripsy treatment. destination for patients seeking the most advanced therapies and treatments for liver cancer. The histotripsy procedure has shown a 95.5% success rate in clinical trials.
Liver Cancer Care at Providence Mission Hospital
When you’re our patient, we don't just treat your liver cancer – we treat you. You receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. We are at the forefront of innovation, constantly improving outcomes and learning how to provide even better care for our patients. We provide all of our services in one location, in a serene setting with spiritual care and a meditation garden.
As the first hospital in California to perform histotripsy, a revolutionary new non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign liver tumors, Providence Mission Hospital is a Providence Mission Hospital offers advanced liver cancer care, including the innovative non-invasive histotripsy treatment. destination for patients seeking the most advanced therapies and treatments for liver cancer. The histotripsy procedure has shown a 95.5% success rate in clinical trials.
About Liver Cancer
Liver cancer (hepatocellular cancer) is a type of gastrointestinal cancer that can form anywhere in the liver. When liver cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it’s called secondary liver cancer. The expert oncology teams at Providence use the most effective therapies to treat patients with every type of liver cancer and its related conditions, including:
Breakthrough Liver Cancer Therapy
Mission Hospital is the first hospital in California to offer histotripsy, a revolutionary treatment for malignant and benign liver tumors. The FDA-approved procedure uses high-energy ultrasound waves that convert to sonic beams and destroy liver tumors without a single incision.
Because the innovative procedure is noninvasive, it minimizes the risk of infection, bleeding and other complications. Histotripsy is an option for patients who are not candidates for open surgery or have been told their live tumor is inoperable.
Personalized Treatment for Liver Cancer
We take a team approach to your liver cancer treatment because we know this offers the best success in controlling and curing cancer. Your cancer care team will work with you to design an individualized cancer care plan, from diagnosis to post-treatment support. We offer many different therapies across our Providence locations. Depending on your condition, your personal care plan 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:
- Histotripsy
- Anti-VEGF therapy
- Cooperative group (NCTN) clinical trials
- Commercial clinical trials
- Immunotherapy
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:
- Laparoscopic liver resection (partial, hemi and extended)
- Liver ablation
- Liver transplant
- Open liver resection (partial, hemi and extended)
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:
- Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
- Radiopharmaceuticals (Y-90)
- Stereotactic radiation (SABR/SBRT)
- Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT/SIGRT)
- Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)
Additional therapies may also be part of the treatment plan for a small number of patients. These may include:
- Liver directed therapy (TACE, SBRT, Y90, Ablation)
Learn How Our Doctors Are Impacting Patients
Providence Mission Hospital is the first facility in California to offer histotripsy, a revolutionary treatment for malignant and benign liver tumors. The FDA-approved procedure uses high-energy ultrasound waves that convert to sonic beams and destroy liver tumors without a single incision.
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, these tools may include one or more of the following:
- Biopsy
- Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy
- Genetics and genomics
- MRI PET/CT scan
- Ultrasound
Why Choose Us for Your Liver Cancer Care?
We are dedicated to providing state-of-the-art cancer care with expertise, skill and compassion. Mission Hospital is the first in California and one of a select few hospitals in the world to offer histotripsy, a revolutionary non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign liver tumors.
As our patient, you have access to the best specialists and a full range of support services for you and your loved ones, all under one roof. We minimize the time between your diagnosis and treatment with coordinated, whole-person care that always puts you first.
Accreditations
We are proud to see our dedication to our patients recognized by the most well-respected programs and institutions in the United States. Providence Mission Hospital has achieved the following recognition:
- Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation – American College of Surgeons (ACS)
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:
- Beauty services
- Chapel
- Chaplain services
- Counseling
- Genetic counseling
- Interpreter services
- Lymphedema specialists
- Nurse navigation, multiple languages
- Meditation garden
- Multidisciplinary tumor conference
- Online library of patient education and videos
- Outpatient services
- Pain management
- Patient assistance fund
- Physical rehabilitation program
- Spiritual care
- Support groups
- Transportation services
- Women’s health services
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.
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Meet the Team
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