Patients with cancer who are either undergoing chemotherapy/systemic therapy or who recently completed their surgical or radiation treatment have a higher risk of contracting viruses, including COVID-19.

Our gastroenterology specialists are highly skilled in finding and safely removing polyps before they become cancerous. Goshen Physicians Gastroenterology, (574) 537-1625.

Do you know your ABCDEs of melanoma? These simple cues can help you find signs of this serious form of cancer before it spreads.

At Goshen Center for Cancer Care, we believe that every patient deserves the best care available to ensure they live their fullest life during and after treatment. Dr. Ashley Hardy, surgical oncologist, puts that belief into action every day.

Did you know that obesity and high alcohol consumption are key risk factors for cancer? In fact, obesity will soon overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S.

“Obesity is associated with increased risk for breast, colon, prostate, uterine cancers,” said Leonard Henry, MD, MBA, FACS, Medical Director and Surgical Oncologist at Goshen Center for Cancer Care. “Those are four of the top five cancers we diagnose. The other is lung cancer.”

Long-time experts can sometimes be resistant to change; this isn’t the case for Dr. James Wheeler. For 30 years, Dr. Wheeler has been a practicing radiation oncologist, with 13 of those years spent at Goshen Center for Cancer Care. In that time, Dr. Wheeler has not only seen the field of radiation oncology modernize, he’s helped advance Goshen Center for Cancer Care into one of the top cancer centers for radiation oncology in the country.

What makes Goshen Center for Cancer Care physicians different? They go above and beyond for their patients. Take Director of Surgical Oncology Urs von Holzen, MD, MBA, FACS. Not only is Dr. von Holzen a board certified and fellowship trained surgical and thoracic oncologist, he brings with him a tireless commitment to actively find solutions for the cancers he fights on a daily basis.

In search of hope, a patient who was told his lung cancer was untreatable visited Dr. Houman Vaghefi, Director of Radiation Oncology at Goshen Center for Cancer Care, for a second opinion.

For Rebecca Lovejoy, naturopathic doctor at Goshen Center for Cancer Care, the recipe for a good day consists of getting a good night’s sleep, eating well, effectively managing stress, staying physically active, enjoying nature and spending quality time with her family. An even better day, however, is when she can help her patients do the same.

Why does highly specialized care matter, if everyone’s treating the same disease? Because just like every person is different, every cancer is just a little bit different, too. That’s why, at Goshen Center for Cancer Care, we’ve embraced a multidisciplinary approach in which physicians, nurses, dieticians, mind-body counselors and naturopathic providers all work together to develop expertly tailored care plans for each patient, and each individual cancer diagnosis.