Integrated Cancer Center

All cancer care at Doctors Medical Center including, chemotherapy, radiation,  and surgery are available to you at one location , close to home.  All providers are here to meet the needs of the community through its integrated and multidisciplinary care team available. The cancer program has been highly recognized by ACOS regarding the quality of care among other important.  There is also a Tumor board that meets weekly, discussing cases with one another, creating a team approach, resulting in better, more comprehensive care for the patient.  There are dedicated and professional staff available to patients and families in need including, Dr. Brenda Shank, Dr. Joseph Poen, and Dr. David Irwin all of which come highly credentialed with an amazing record of success and expertise giving patients a better chance of a more timely and accurate diagnosis as well as aggressive treatment options. 

"I came to realize that my identity wasn't that I was a person with cancer, rather I was a talented and creative individual and cancer was only a part of my life journey."

People of the community, as well as patients of Doctors Medical Center, are encouraged to visit the Cancer Center Library where you are welcome to sit and read the wide array of books and materials available as well as log on and search the web on the computer provided. The library is in place to allow people to have a place to learn more about cancer and treatment options, as well as to have a place to relax and unwind. For more information, please call 510-970-5239. Our amazing volunteers responsible for the new and improved library are John Sherman Mills Jr. and Joy Shapiro. We thank them for their time, dedication, innovation and creativity allowing our patients a place for reflection and relaxation as well as find important information regarding cancer, treatment and life.

J.C. Robinson, M.D. Regional Cancer Center delivers the compassionate care you want and the advanced research and technology you need.  The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has nationally recognized our Regional Cancer Center as an Accredited Cancer Program with Nine Commendations, an honor only 25% of the hospitals in the U.S. and Puerto Rico have received.  This recognition ensures that a patient will receive the gold-standard of care, including quality care, state of the art services and equipment, and committment to positive outcomes.  Approval by the CoC must be renewed every three years.  We currently offer patients the option to participate in a large array of national clinical trials that are usually offered only at academic medical centers.