Association of Community Cancer Centers: The Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City's Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer was recently highlighted in the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) Journal about metastatic breast cancer. 

"Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer, located in Kansas City, opened its doors on October 13, 2016. The center focuses on quality, research, genetics, immunotherapy, and clinical trials. A full menu of support services for metastatic breast cancer patients is embedded within the clinic: behavioral health, nutrition, physical therapy, exercise, social workers (including financial navigators), pastoral care, and genetic-testing staff.

The staff members at Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer are experienced in caring for patients with metastatic breast cancer. With a quality-focused mission to improve the outcomes and quality of life for patients with metastatic breast cancer, the center offers a dual approach to care that combines access to the latest clinical trials, medical research, and treatment options with integrative supportive therapies such as nutritional planning, exercise physiology, yoga, acupuncture, behavioral health, and spiritual support."

Read more of the ACCC's article which focuses on the following aspects of the Koontz Center:

• Getting To Know The Patient

• Offer Logistical Support At The Cancer Program

• Starting The Dialogue

• Visiting The Center

• Designing Processes Around Patients

• Comprehensive Care

• Psychological Health

• Spiritual Health

• Focus On Research

• Fostering Respite For Families And Caregivers