Cancer care you can count on
When you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, you want quality, compassionate medical care close to home. We offer technologically advanced cancer services for cancer symptoms in a warm, caring atmosphere right here in Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney.
Cancer treatment and services
Our comprehensive cancer center in McKinney provides patient education, screenings, diagnosis, treatment and support. Our Accreditation with Commendation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons demonstrates that we are committed to offering every significant advantage in your battle against cancer.
With experienced cancer specialists, advanced technology and personalized care, we have the training and expertise to help care for you during this journey—all close to home in McKinney.
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Clinical excellence
- Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award
- Advanced treatments
- da Vinci® Surgical System, a robotic, camera-guided technology that increases precision for delicate or complex surgeries for prostate, gynecologic or colon cancer
- Minimally Invasive NanoKnife, an advanced, minimally invasive technology that precisely targets specific cells using low-energy electrical pulses, greatly reducing – or in many cases eliminating – damage to nearby tissue. This advanced technology makes surgery possible for many tumors previously considered inoperable.
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Access to clinical trials
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Comprehensive support services
- Nurse navigation—offers support and resources for patients and families during their cancer journey and into survivorship.
- Child Life Services—provide support for children of seriously ill or injured adults. Our child life specialists also work with adults to help them understand questions and concerns that children have when an important person in their life is seriously ill.
- Supportive palliative care—focuses on comfort, care and planning for patients and families facing serious illness and end-of-life decisions.
- ReVital cancer rehabilitation—helps patients return to normal activities and lessen the impact of cancer and its treatment. ReVital therapists are trained to meet the complex needs of people living with cancer and survivors. This program can help overall strength, endurance, decrease pain, and improve function and participation in daily life, work and other activities.
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Prevention and early detection
- Mammography
- Colonoscopy
- Lung CT
Accredited for advanced cancer care
Baylor Scott & White Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center – McKinney offers advanced, personalized cancer treatment options and is nationally accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. This prestigious accreditation recognizes the center for providing patients innovative treatment options, comprehensive care, and robust cancer detection and prevention programs. Our program was selected by the Commission on Cancer for the Outstanding Achievement Award, which recognizes cancer programs that are committed to ensuring high quality cancer care and continually strive for excellence.
Cancer Hates Us. Because we’re focused on one thing: Destroying it.
With more than 40 years of groundbreaking research and a team-centered approach to treating the whole patient—mind, body and spirit—
it’s no wonder cancer hates us.
— including immunotherapies that re-engineer your existing cells, giving your body the power to fight cancer from the inside. It’s no wonder cancer hates us, and we intend to keep it that way.
Be a pioneer. Fight cancer with science.
— including immunotherapies that re-engineer your existing cells, giving your body the power to fight cancer from the inside. It’s no wonder cancer hates us, and we intend to keep it that way.
Be a pioneer. Fight cancer with science.
with information and reassurance through every step of the treatment process. She gives them the tools they need to set their own goals and fight cancer on their own terms. It’s no wonder cancer hates determined soldiers like Stacey and her patients.
You are not alone. We’ll walk this journey together.
Made it easier for Amber to stay positive through hers. Thanks to her compassionate care team and never losing her joy, she’s beaten her cancer. Now she’s helping her patients win too.
We know how to reach the finish line. Now let’s get you there.
Together, they not only battled his illness—they won. Today, Darrell is in remission, enjoying his life with no limits. As a true warrior who won’t stop fighting, it’s obvious why cancer can’t get its way.