
Many people talk about battling cancer. It's certainly the fight of your life and we're your medical army. It's also important to live with cancer – celebrating every moment and enjoying the highest quality of life available.
Our specialists use every resource there is to treat the various stages of cancer so that our patients can enjoy time... to be with family, to travel, to work... to live. Below are some ways we accomplish this:
We value the quality of care we provide to our patients and their families. That's why we think its vital that all of our medical specialists have the most advanced training available. All physicians affiliated with the Regional Cancer Center are board-certified, and many have fellowship training in their area of expertise. Having the most advanced technology and services available for our community also demonstrates our quality.
The five-year survival rate describes the percentage of people who survive at least five years after a diagnosis of cancer. At Mary Washington Healthcare, with the comprehensive resources and physicians of the Regional Cancer Center, five-year survival rates have significantly increased in the past 25 years.
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