Seton Network Continues to Grow
The Seton Cancer Institute is accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer and the American College of Radiation Oncology. This means that the program demonstrates high standards of care in the treatment, prevention and support services associated with cancer care. Behind this expertise are highly experienced, intelligent, caring, and thoughtful physicians and health care professionals.
Medical Oncology
Dr. Sai Bikkina and Dr. John Bartnik are highly experienced board certified medical oncologists specially trained to diagnose different types of cancer, explaining the diagnosis, and recommending the best course of treatment. They will oversee the patient's chemotherapy treatments in our comfortable infusion suite.
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Michael Cappelli is a highly experienced, board certified radiation oncologist that offers state-of-the-art treatment options, caring and convenient service and extensive clinical knowledge for each patient's individualized treatment.
Support Services
Education, counseling, pastoral care, support groups, a resource library, and complementary transportation are some of the services we provide patients and their families to assist in the healing process.
Clinical Trials
Our medical oncologists and radiation oncologists have access to research protocols that offer you tomorrow's standard of care today.
ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON
The Seton Cancer Center Institute is proudly named after one of St. Mary's founding mothers: Elizabeth Ann Bailey Seton. Elizabeth Ann was the first American born saint. In her short span of 47 years (1774-1821), she was a society belle and matron, wife, mother of five, widow, and a religious foundress (the American Sisters of Charity).
In addition to founding the first native community of religious women, she established the first free Catholic day school, from which parochial schools emerged; and she opened the first Catholic orphanage. A member of one of New York's first families in the early American republic, she suffered the incredible trials of sickness and loss and performed great works of mercy and charity. Mother Seton was canonized September 14, 1975. Her spiritual life, which developed from ordinary goodness to heroic sanctity, continues to offer hope and healing to people even to this day.
The Seton Cancer Institute is so named to honor her memory and to continue to share the hope of healing for all of God's children in this world and the world to come.
Over 100 cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in Sanilac County and roughly one half of those patients will benefit from radiation or chemotherapy or some combination of these two important disciplines. |