Read about our affiliation announcement with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network

Southcoast Hospitals Group and its Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care has formed an exclusive regional affiliation with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network.®

Combining the region's top cancer provider with the expertise of the nation's leader in cancer care, the affiliation offers new hope and state-of-the-art care for cancer patients in the South Coast region.

Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care are dedicated to creating a caring environment that integrates patient care, research and prevention. This affiliation is firmly based on bringing an unprecedented level of cancer care for patients in our community.

This affiliation enables patients to be treated at Southcoast with the assurance of best national practices in patient care. Because of this relationship the expert staff and physicians of Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care will be able to closely collaborate with M. D. Anderson and bring more than 100 evidence-based treatment regimens for almost every type and phase of cancer to the community.

About M. D. Anderson Physicians Network

M. D. Anderson Physicians Network is a subsidiary of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of the world's most respected leaders in cancer care and ranked No. 1 in the nation, by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Cancer Hospitals" survey for six of the past eight years, including 2009.

Southcoast Hospitals Group through its Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care is the first hospital in New England to have an exclusive local affiliation with the prestigious M. D. Anderson Physicians Network and is one of only a few affiliates in the U.S. The M. D. Anderson Physicians Network affiliation is offered selectively to qualified community hospitals and their medical staffs in the U.S. only after a rigorous and extensive evaluation process based on evidencebased treatment guidelines and quality management.

Raising the bar for South Coast cancer patients

The affiliation between Southcoast Hospitals and M. D. Anderson Physicians Network provides our patients with:

• Access to the evidence-based guidelines developed by M. D. Anderson.
• Reassurance that the comprehensive cancer services at Southcoast are based on advanced standards of care and proven best practices.
• A multidisciplinary team approach that is proven to reduce diagnostic and treatment variations.
• Collaboration on treatment and access to second opinions.

Medical and radiation oncologists at the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care are credentialed by M. D. Anderson Physicians Network. Southcoast also underwent a lengthy rigorous review of its medical and radiation oncology facilities, including medical record reviews, chemotherapy policy and practices, and physical plant and equipment.

Southcoast's staff and physicians also have access to extensive professional development programs offered by specialists at M. D. Anderson, including the latest research, multidisciplinary treatment planning conferences and didactic lectures by M. D. Anderson Physicians Network. The cancer program is not limited to diagnosis and treatment — there is a strong emphasis on patient satisfaction, comforts and education.