BLUE RIDGE CANCER CARE

BRCC physicians have trained at prestigious medical schools and have developed a model for care that maximizes patient and family convenience while providing compassionate, comprehensive cancer treatment in a comfortable environment. Our team provides the optimal physician and emotional support for cancer patients and their caregivers, through premier quality care. Blue Ridge Cancer Care Southwest Virginia (BRCC) is a private practice of physicians specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of oncology and hematology. BRCC’s services and locations cover the southwest region of Virginia. Services and treatments include, medical oncology, radiation oncology, hematology, diagnostics and clinical research.

Hours of Operation:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Working in tandem with physicians, nurse practitioners assist the physicians in guiding and planning each patient’s treatment program, performing physical examinations, requesting laboratory tests, ordering medications and educating patients and family. This team provides the optimal physician and emotional support for cancer patients and their caregivers, through premier quality care. An oncologist is a physician who specializes in the study and treatment of cancer. Since modern cancer care now requires a whole team of specialists to care for a person with cancer, there are often several cancer professionals involved from the very beginning. An oncologist can also be a surgeon, or a gynecologist, or a urologist or a radiation specialist. Pediatricians can train in the field as well, and are called Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologists. The names can be confusing, but understanding each one's role, may help explain why so many doctor visits are necessary in order to get the best result. About half of all cancer patients will require radiation therapy during some phase of their cancer care (delivered in a Radiation Oncology department or facility). This treatment is delivered in a number of different ways including x-ray or electron beams (from "clinical linear accelerators") and either temporary or permanent internal placement of radioactive sources (known as "brachytherapy" or implant therapy). Hematology is a medical specialty concerned with the study of blood and blood-forming tissues. Physicians in this field are known as hematologists. They study, diagnose, and treat blood disorders such as leukemia, anemia, and hemophilia, as well as diseases of the organs that produce blood, including the lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen.