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The Oncology Department at the hospital is an
outpatient clinic which is open five days a week to
serve patients and their families who are experiencing
cancer.
The staff consists of a board certified medical oncologist/hematologist
and certified oncology nurses including a nurse practitioner/clinical
nurse specialist. Together, they offer a team approach
to caring for cancer patients.
Information about our oncologists James M. Nickerson,
MD, Letha E. Mills, MD
and Mary Chamberlin,
MD, is available by linking with out Medical Staff
section. (Click on any of these names for direct access.)
You may also click on Agnes Mikijaniec,
NP, for information on the nurse practitioner. Barbara
Evans, RN, and Gloria Solar, RN, both certified oncology
nurses, round out the BMH Oncology Department.
The oncology team works on behalf of the patient and
family in conjunction with their primary care physician,
the Visiting Nurse Alliance, Brattleboro Area Hospice,
and complementary care providers. Although radiation
therapy equipment is not available at BMH, we work collaboratively
with the Kingsbury Center for Cancer Care in Keene,
New Hampshire.
Cancer patients are offered pain and symptom management
expertise, in addition to the administration of chemotherapy
and other methods of treatment. The BMH surgical staff
can implant chemotherapy ports. The oncology staff can
provide routine port care. The oncology team also provides
ongoing education and emotional support for both patients
and their families. Other services include administration
of blood products and medications which help increase
blood counts. Clinical trials are also available.
Cancer support groups meet at the hospital monthly.
(Click here for up-to-date
information on meeting times, etc.) For further information
about the professional and caring cancer services here
at BMH, please call the Oncology Department at 257-8221.
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