When the diagnosis is cancer, patients and their loved ones want and deserve the best care possible. At Berkshire Health Systems, we believe our community should have access to the highest level of care, and that no one should have to travel a great distance to receive it. This is why we created the Berkshire Cancer Center at our Hillcrest Campus, where the region’s most advanced and comprehensive cancer program is consolidated in one location that is dedicated to our patients and their best possible outcomes.
At the Berkshire Cancer Center, our patients will never face this diagnosis alone. We will stand by you and your family every step of the way, with skilled care, comfort and support, and a full complement of programs that address each patient’s physical, emotional, and practical needs as they advance through treatment and recovery.
Expertise
Our affiliation with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston means that our standards and practices are validated by one of the nation’s leading cancer care and research institutions, with many additional opportunities for our patients. When you select the Berkshire Cancer Center, you are choosing an exceptional team of highly-skilled physicians who specialize in all forms of cancer and who ensure that every patient is the complete focus of their attention. In addition, an extraordinary staff of Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and other support staff means that our patients have access to efficient, compassionate, well-coordinated care.
Leading Edge Technology
A state-of-the art radiation oncology clinic is housed at the Berkshire Cancer Center, featuring the most advanced technology in the region – or anywhere – that is now achieving highly precise, quicker-than-ever delivery of radiation treatment to cancer patients who need this therapy. The clinic includes two high-speed linear accelerators with robotic components which allow the rapid creation of complex treatment plans and customized dose distributions, and which also maximize the delivery of radiation to cancerous tissue while minimizing the effects on surrounding, healthy tissue.
Compassionate Care
Most of all, the Berkshire Cancer Center is distinguished by its compassionate care. Every member of our team is here because of their complete dedication to helping patients who are facing one of life’s most difficult challenges. In addition to their advanced training, our staff treats every patient as the unique individual they are, with their own specific needs, hopes, and concerns.
It is our privilege to care for you.
At the Berkshire Cancer Center, we focus on the “whole person,” which means we rely on the latest scientific innovations in cancer care as well as a full range of wellness therapies that all work together to achieve the best possible results for patients.
A growing body of evidence proves that integrative health therapies can relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and extend survival of cancer patients. In addition to easing the burden of side effects and strengthening patients physically, emotionally and cognitively, our integrative health programs give patients the tools they need to help them through their cancer experience and beyond.
While most insurance companies do not reimburse for integrative health therapies, we provide many of these services for free, thanks in large part to public donations to the Berkshire Cancer Center.
413 447-2000
725 North Street
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
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