Cancer Services

Cancer patient from Aurora Wisconsin's Cancer Services Program reading to his daughter

Providing Experienced Cancer Care to Wisconsin and Northern Illinois

When you receive news that cancer has entered your life, you want only the most experienced cancer specialists and advanced cancer services on your side. You’re looking for definitive answers, successful treatment programs that have received national accreditation and advanced technology that’s leading the charge against this devastating disease.

Aurora Cancer Care's service experts put you first in the fight with a philosophy of patient-centered care. A multi-disciplinary, integrated team works with you from day one—treating you at cancer centers throughout our network of caregivers, so you remain close to home.

Aurora created the first Genetic Counseling Center in Wisconsin and was also the first in the state to introduce Gamma Knife and CyberKnife radiosurgery treatment therapies in our cancer services program. With Aurora on your side, you can access more than 70 active cancer clinical trials at locations convenient to you.

Our oncology specialists also introduced the ground-breaking da Vinci® Robot for surgical treatment of prostate and gynecological cancers. Plus, our medical oncology group offers you more than 30 fellowship-trained physicians who will customize a cancer treatment plan for you based on set protocols—for the best possible outcome.

Cancer Art
Therapy

Therapy through art for cancer patients

Art therapy for cancer patients uses the creative process of making art to improve and enhance the well-being of patients of all ages. Learn how you can participate in the art therapy program.

Cancer Clinical
Trial

YTIL melanoma study

Aurora's Cancer Immunotherapy Program is offering the Young Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (Y-TIL) clinical trial for patients with melanoma.

Cancer Nurse Navigators

Aurora’s Cancer Nurse Navigators

You don't have to face cancer alone. Aurora's Cancer Nurse Navigators partner with patients and families to educate, coordinate, and ease fears.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) awarded Aurora its Outstand Achievement Award (OAA) in 2008. In addition, the National Accreditation program for Breast Cancer (NAPBC) accredited seven Aurora Breast Centers, representing more than 10 percent of all accredited breast centers in the country.