Philosophy and Mission: Putting Patients First

The Cancer Center at Orange Coast Memorial has a mission: To treat each patient as an individual with unique circumstances, experiences and needs.

When it comes to diagnosing and treating cancer, at the MemorialCare Cancer Center at Orange Coast, we tailor a care plan that is designed to aggressively target the disease while maintaining and enhancing each patient’s quality of life. We strongly believe that one cannot be accomplished without the other.

Fatigue Management
Symptoms of fatigue that are related to cancer treatment are often among the top concerns that someone undergoing cancer treatment faces. At the MemorialCare Cancer Center at Orange Coast, we take these concerns very seriously. Cancer-related fatigue symptoms can often range from a general tiredness that is relieved with sleep to a severe lack of energy that can last for months. Whether our patients’ symptoms are mild or severe, our physicians make fatigue management a top priority in caring for each patient. Treating a whole person, not just a disease, is the best formula for beating cancer and restoring each patient’s quality of life.

Pain Management
Because quality of life for our patients is so important, our approach to pain management is simple: We have zero tolerance for pain. At the Cancer Center, we believe that only you know when you are in pain, how bad it is and what it feels like. We have a coordinated team that helps control pain and a commitment to provide timely interventions for any discomfort you are feeling during your stay with us and throughout your course of treatment.

Compassion
Compassion is a core value that is critical to providing the best care for our patients. We act with the belief that we are treating a whole person, not just a disease. We understand that the way you feel, inside and out, has a significant impact on cancer treatment, recovery and overall wellness. We strive to deliver a balance of targeted medicine and compassionate care to each patient.

Expert Team
Our team has a visible passion in caring for cancer patients. Our physicians are renowned and widely published pioneers in the field of oncology and our nurses and other clinicians are seasoned professionals who are specially trained in caring for cancer patients.

Commitment to Cure
Our physicians’ commitment to curing cancer and helping patients to achieve prolonged survival is just as important as their desire to enhance the remaining years after the cancer has been eliminated. They think of it as a quality of life scale and it is balanced by adding years to each patient’s life on one side and an equal amount of quality to those years on the other.

We believe this coordinated approach to cancer treatment is the optimal formula that produces successful outcomes for our patients.