Summit Cancer Centers are  first in Spokane to offer a powerful new dual immunotherapy clinical trial in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer. The significant challenge with kidney cancer is that patients are often diagnosed at an advanced stage, and therefore, are very sick at their initial clinical visit. “We wanted options…
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Summit Cancer Center is proud to be the first in a six state region to molecularly target a resistant form of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancers with BRAF mutations have long been known to be resistant, or quickly recur, following conventional chemotherapy. Array Biopharma is testing a molecular combination that specifically…
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Dr. Arvind Chaudhry was recently invited by Bayer to educate physicians on the new lymphoma therapy, Aliqopa. Dr. Arvind Chaudhry, medical oncologist and medical director of Summit Cancer Centers, was recently invited to educate physicians on the FDA approval of the follicular lymphoma drug, Aliqopa (copanlisib). Aliqopa belongs to a new class of drugs that…
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Join us for a free wellness conference designed to provide education on wellness after cancer. Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 All cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, friends, families and healthcare professionals are invited to attend this wellness conference. Lunch will be provided, plus raffle prizes and swag provided by local vendors. This…
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Summit Cancer Centers and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are Sponsors of the 2017 Bloomsday Race Crew Party. Summit Cancer Centers and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are very proud to co-sponsor the 2017 Bloomsday Race Crew  dinner to celebrate the contributions of approximately 700 Bloomsday volunteers. All of the volunteers’ efforts…
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The Diagnostic PET/CT Scan is Incredibly Useful in the Detection  of Tumors One of the most helpful tests to accurately determine the extent of cancer in a person is a full-body scan called a Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography scan, most commonly called a PET/CT scan. A PET/CT scan can show precisely…
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Summit Cancer Centers is pleased to sponsor the International Conference on Advances in Hematology and Oncology (ICAHO). The ICAHO conference will be held August 13-14, 2016 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The Binaytara Foundation event seeks to give hematologists, oncologists, primary care providers, oncology nurses, researchers,…
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