MDACC Care Centers

When the new Care Centers opened in the Spring of 1996, M. D. Anderson enhanced its outpatient services by combining its previously separate, specialty-based clinics into multidisciplinary care centers. These Care Centers focus on a particular group of cancers or a particular disease site. In a single location, a pathologist, surgeon, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist, for example, collaborate to determine the best possible treatment plan for an individual patient. Where possible, diagnostic services are also located in the Centers so that patients receive much of their ambulatory care via "one-stop shopping."

Breast Center

The Nellie B. Connally Breast Center

Specialized care for: ductal carcinoma in situ, early and advanced breast cancers, breast cancer during pregnancy and rare breast tumors.

Brain and Spinal Tumor Center

Specialized care for: Primary central nervous system tumors, metastatic tumors of the central nervous system, leptomeningeal disease, acute and chronic pain, skull-base tumors, pituitary adenomas and all psychiatric illnesses.

Cancer Prevention Center

Services: Cheq Up Health Risk Assessment, comprehensive cancer screening examination, site-specific cancer screening, smoking-cessation counseling, nutrition counseling, high-risk assessment and counseling, chemoprevention, wellness program, ovarian cancer screening program, genetic testing and counseling and The Learning Center.

Child and Adolescent Center

Specialized care for: Acute lymphoblastic, acute myeloblastic and chronic myelogenous leukemias; non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and Hodgkin’s disease; all brain tumors; osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and other sarcomas; neuroblastoma; germ cell tumors; neurofibromatosis; Wilms’ Tumor; retinoblastoma; and bone marrow failure states.

Gastro-intestinal Center

Specialized care for: Esophageal, gastric, small bowel, colon, rectal, pancreatic, liver and anal cancers.

Genito-urinary Cancer Center

Specialized care for: Bladder, prostate, kidney, testicular and penile cancers; and germ cell tumors.

Gynecologic Oncology Center

Specialized care for: Ovarian, cervical, uterine, vaginal, fallopian tube cancers; gestational trophoblastic disease; and preinvasive disease.

Head and Neck Center

Specialized care for: Cancers of the larynx, parotid, thyroid, oral cavity and sinuses; melanoma of the head and neck area, and nasopharynx.

Hematology Center

Specialized care for: Leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma, liver tumors, Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, hematologic malignancies, aplastic anemia, solid-tumor patients eligible for transplant, multiple myeloma, plasmacytoma and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia.

Melanoma and Skin Center

Specialized care for: Melanoma, basal and squamous cell carcinomas, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and general dermatology.

Radiation Oncology Center

Specialized care for: All malignant diseases in which radiation treatment is a major component.

Sarcoma Center

Specialized care for: Osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone, Ewing’s sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, MFH of soft tissue, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, neurofibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma, and other bone and soft-tissue tumors.

Symptom Control and Palliative Care Center

Specialized care for: medical symptoms resulting from cancer and its treatment, and care for patients with advanced disease is provided by our palliative care experts. Our [physical medicine and rehabilitation team] treats physical difficulties with walking, dressing and other daily self-care routines.

Thoracic Center

Specialized care for: Lung and esophageal cancer, tracheal tumors, thyoma, mesothelioma, cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary metastases, mediastinal tumors, chest wall and sternal tumors, benign pulmonary and esophageal tumors, pleural and pericardial diseases, and effusions.