Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic of Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

Cancer care excellence close to home

When the diagnosis is cancer, one of the most important decisions a person will ever make is where to go for treatment. Some people have to travel great distances to get first-class cancer care. If you or someone you love has cancer, be assured that you don't have to go too far to get the superior quality of a major cancer center. The Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center offers excellent care in the heart of your community.

Comprehensive cancer care services

The Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic approach is to fight cancer on all fronts – with education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support. By offering all-encompassing care through a coordinated team effort, patients and families need only turn to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center for all their cancer care needs.

Medical care excellence

We have board certified oncologists who provide high quality medical care in the comfort and convenience of a clinic close to home. These same physicians, through their connection to St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, have access to top physicians who specialize in specific types of cancer.

Clinic close to home

Our clinic is easily accessible and provides a warm atmosphere for patients to see their doctors and receive diagnostic tests and treatments, including chemotherapy. If certain tests or procedures need to be done at another facility, all arrangements will be carefully coordinated by the clinic staff.

Hospital connections

When hospitalization is needed, every effort will be made to coordinate it through your primary care physician and local hospital. Should you need specialized cancer services as a patient at Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic, you will have direct access to the services, staff and facilities of St. Luke's Medical Center.

Community outreach

Research has shown that patients who take an active interest in their health care can have a more positive effect on their outcomes. Our community outreach efforts focus on educating people in Walworth County about the facts that increase their risk of developing cancer, identifying ways to reduce their risk, and emphasizing the importance of early detection. 

Vince Lombardi Cancer Hotline: 1-800-252-2990

Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic operates a toll-free hotline to respond to phone inquires about cancer from consumers, patients, physicians and other health professionals. Hotline staff put callers in touch with accurate answers to a variety of cancer questions ranging from prevention and detection concerns to how to access the latest treatments, research findings, clinical trials and area support groups. 

Support

Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic connects patients with counselors, social workers and chaplains, and arranges for home care and hospice services if needed.

The Vince Lombardi team approach 

Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic offers an approach to care that encompasses each patient's unique and total well being. This philosophy is carried out by a team of cancer care professionals that includes board certified medical oncologists and registered nurses who are specially trained in oncology. Our cancer care team works in consultation with each patient's primary care physician as well as the specialists at other Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinics and St. Luke's Medical Center.

Link to national clinical trials and the latest treatments

Whenever patients access care through a Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic, they're immediately linked to some of the most promising cancer research currently underway anywhere in the world. Our oncologists and other cancer specialists are involved in national cooperative research studies and clinical trials affiliated with such leading research organizations as the National Cancer Institute, Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and others. Involvement in such research allows patients at Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinics to take part in the latest treatments now, years ahead of when they're generally available to the public.

Direct connection to specialized cancer services

While most cancer care can be provided locally, when patients need the specialized services of a tertiary care facility, they have direct access to the services, staff and facilities of St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee. This invaluable link puts patients in touch with specialized procedures and services such as:

• Autologous bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors
• Stereotactic neurosurgery and the Gamma Knife for non-invasive treatment of tumors deep within the brain
• Immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with kidney cancer, malignant melanoma and other types of cancers that have metastasized
• Medical/surgical services for women with female cancers provided by a physician and nurse practitioner who specialize in gynecological cancer
• Genetic counseling to access cancer risks and provide genetic testing
• Cancer counseling services provided by a psychiatrist and nurse practitioner who specialize in treating cancer patients and their families

Physicians

• Rossana M. Madamba, MD
  Oncology/Hematology
• Prabhas Mittal, MD
  Oncology/Hematology

Taking the first step to excellence in cancer care

If you have questions about your health or particular symptoms that concern you, please call the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center directly at 262-741-2000. A trained professional will initiate the coordination of your care or treatment as appropriate, or suggest a local physician if you need one. If you are searching for general cancer information and educational materials, please call the Vince Lombardi Cancer Hotline at 800-252-2990. The clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
W3985 County Road NN
Elkhorn, WI
(262) 741-2671
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