About Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Our Community Efforts
Medicine
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center has been designated a Center for Excellence in Cancer Research, Treatment, and Education. This cooperative community and academic partnership serves cancer patients, area physicians and the general public as a resource in the fight against cancer. At Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, oncologists, clinician scientists and laboratory scientists work together to improve cancer treatment through cancer research.
Cancer patients are offered state-of-the-art multidisciplinary cancer treatment protocols, participation in National Cancer Institute-sponsored cooperative cancer treatment studies, and full-service bone marrow transplantation. Area physicians are provided continuing medical education programs, new patient treatment information, and the latest in clinical and basic science research. The general public benefits from active programs that are identifying and breaking down the barriers that interfere with effective cancer screening and cancer prevention.
Education
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center faculty mentor academically advanced high school seniors through the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana SMART program, or the Science and Medicine Academic Research Training program. SMART students recently were selected as semifinalists in the nation's top science competition, the 2007-08 Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Read the Adobe Acrobat article here.
Cancer Speakers Program
Invite Feist-Weiller Cancer Center professionals to speak at your health event. Feist-Weiller Cancer Center professionals are happy to share their research and trends in the early detection of cancer, and the treatment and prevention of different types of cancers.
Available topics include:
- Breathe Healthy
- Breast Health
- Prevention Through Nutrition
- Get Screened!
Call (318) 813-1423 to consult with a presentation coordinator.
LA Cancer Control Partnership
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Louisiana and Louisiana cancer mortality rates rank among the highest in the nation. The Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership (LCCP) is a coalition of public agencies, state academic and research institutions, and community-based private and volunteer organizations whose mission is to reduce the burden of cancers. The LCCP-Action Through Planning mission is to reduce cancer disparities by providing a comprehensive, integrated and coordinated approach to the continuum of cancer control delivery beginning with prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation, palliation and survivorship through the end of life. The Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan compares state and national statistics, and also explains the disparities, preventive strategies and treatment centers in Louisiana.
Partners in Wellness
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center's Partners in Wellness program allows everyone in the community access to essential cancer screenings and education materials regardless of ability to pay.
Partners in Wellness is a free health screening program open to all citizens in North Louisiana that qualify financially and are not receiving routine health screenings for cancer or cardiovascular diseases.
Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program
Do particular types of cancer run in your family? Does your lifestyle put you at risk for developing cancer? Feist-Weiller Cancer Center's Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program can help determine your risk.
Tobacco Cessation ( learn more: Cancer Prevention for Patients or Risk Factor Reduction for Healthcare Providers)
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, as part of LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, has partnered with the LSUHSC School of Public Health and the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco Free Living (TFL) to provide tobacco cessation services to LSUHSC-S patients, hospital employees and the communities we serve. Cessation services are facilitated by the Tobacco Control Initiative, which provides evidence-based interventions that are cost effective, appropriate, and acceptable to patients.