Lee Cancer Care - The mission of Lee Cancer Care is to provide compassionate and leading edge cancer care for children and adults residing in Southwest Florida, in cooperation with the private practice of medicine.

The mission of Lee Cancer Care is to provide compassionate and leading edge cancer care for children and adults residing in Southwest Florida, in cooperation with the private practice of medicine. As a community cancer program, our services are first and foremost patient and family centered. Services are: • Provided by a team of professionals that is primarily interested in collaborating for cancer management that is easily accessible, high quality and cost effective. • Balanced in the areas of cancer prevention and risk reduction, early detection, effective diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, support services, home care, hospice, and respite care. • Enhanced through education and clinical research to ensure accessibility to leading edge therapies. • Comprehensive in meeting the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual responses of individuals, families or communities, to cancer. Our vision is for Lee Cancer Care to be recognized as the quality provider of choice for cancer management, as well as to serve as a resource for the information and education needs of the people of Southwest Florida.

Adult Oncology Inpatient Unit A 24-bed inpatient oncology unit specifically designed for the care and treatment of the cancer patient. The patient population consists of medical and surgical oncology patients as well as those with hematology/blood disorders. All of the resources necessary to compassionately care for these patients and their families are available through Lee Cancer Care. The oncology staff are certified in chemotherapy through the Oncology Nursing Society and have received OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse) certification. *Rehabilitation Hospital* Patients requiring assistance in regaining their ability to perform activities of daily living often benefit from a short stay in the Rehab Hospital. Outpatient Chemotherapy/Infusion Center Lee Cancer Care Locations Lee Memorial Hospital Suite 719 in the Medical Office Center 2780 Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL Cape Coral Hospital 636 Del Prado Boulevard Cape Coral, FL Patty Berg Cancer Center at Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center 2727 Winkler Avenue Fort Myers, FL. Click here to learn more about the Patty Berg Cancer Center. Voice Clinic Lee Cancer Care offers specialized care for individuals with voice problems related to head and neck cancer and for professional voice users. Voice/speech rehabilitation services include evaluation of the larynx with videostroboscopy and tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis management for laryngectomees. Videostroboscopy examines the vocal cords with a light and tiny camera within a scope. Light flashes on and off (strobe) as the vocal cords vibrate and move. This movement is videotaped and reviewed in slow motion for a closer look at the vocal cords.
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Lee Cancer Care diagnosed and treated nearly 3,760 new cancer cases in 2006 at Lee Memorial/HealthPark/Cape Coral. New cancer cases seen at Southwest Florida Regional Medical center was 1,255. The most common sites include lung, breast and gynecologic cancer followed by colorectal and prostate cancers. Our 5-year survival rates nearly mirror the national averages. Click the link to see Lee Cancer Care 2006 Annual Report - PDF format 2MB. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader if you choose to view and print this document. If necessary click here to get the latest version of Acrobat Reader ).