Cancer Support Services New Location

The Cancer Support Team, including genetic counselors, nurse navigators, registered dietitians and social workers, is now located in the 320 Building, Suite 107. This new office space enables the team to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary manner, improving the patient experience. In the new space there is a resource center that the team encourages patients, family members and staff to visit Monday- Friday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call 770-793-7470.

Breast, GI and Lung Cancer Support Groups

Local Facility Named “Center of Excellence” for Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment

WellStar Kennestone Radiation Oncology Department was recently named a “Center of Excellence” in accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) for its use of the SAVI™ applicator, an advanced therapy for breast cancer as part of breast conservation therapy. The SAVI applicator can provide important advantages for women with early-stage breast cancer.

Crysty Cornett Joins Cancer Data Center

Crysty Cornett joined WellStar on Nov. 29, 2010 as manager of the Cancer Data Center. She reports to the executive director of the Cancer Network Service Line and will work closely with our oncology medical director, Robert Hermann, M.D., and all of our cancer physicians and staff.

Crysty has Systemwide responsibility for planning and managing the Cancer Data Center, changes in the data-related Standards of the American College of Surgeons, and continuing to find ways to assist physicians in measuring quality through its database.

Previously, she served as cancer registry manager in Rome, Ga. and Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga, Tenn. She has a Bachelor's degree in organization management and is a Certified Tumor Registrar.

STAT Cancer Clinic Serves Its Thousandth Patient

Bill Mayfield, M.D.

WellStar Health System designed the STAT Cancer Clinic, a multidisciplinary program that not only delivers the best results possible, but also streamlines patient care so patients spend less time waiting.

“WellStar is the only organization in the region with a comprehensive, multidis­ciplinary clinic specifically designed for patients with cancer,” said thoracic surgeon William Mayfield, M.D. “What’s more, this patient-focused approach signifi­cantly reduces the amount of time between diagnosis and treatment.”

Early Detection Means Better Results – Nearly 600 Enrolled in I-ELCAP

The WellStar Cancer Research program has partnered with the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP), an investigational lung cancer research study which allows people at high risk for lung cancer an opportunity to be screened for early stage disease.

Talking Shop with WellStar

WellStar Health System has partnered with 100 local salon owners and their stylists to launch Talking Shop with WellStar – a program that encourages salon clients over 40 who have never had a mammogram to have regular screenings at a WellStar imaging facility.

WellStar Cancer Network Update

WellStar announces the formation of the Cancer Program service line with the implementation of the WellStar Cancer Network Cabinet and the appointment of Michael Andrews, M.D., as Chief Cancer Network Officer.