Services

Cancer and General Health Information
Choose from available resources including an extensive library of books, articles, brochures, videotapes, and online information.

Community Educational Programs
Our staff of registered nurses participate in the St. John's Mercy speaker's bureau to provide free programs about cancer to social and civic groups, churches, schools, and businesses.

If your life is affected by cancer and you need answers, or if you have a question about our services, call the St. John’s Mercy Cancer Answer Line at 314-251-6400.

Physician Referral
If you are looking for a cancer specialist or a physician you can trust, call us for a referral.

Resource Referral
To meet your emotional, physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, individual and group support as well as referral to community resources including home care and hospice is available.

Community Outreach
Screening programs, health education, and services are offered to communities with little or no access to health care.

Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment and Genetic Testing
Cancer genetics consultation is available at the David C. Pratt Cancer Center. For more information, please call 314-251-6400.

Guidelines for the early detection of cancer and cancer-related checkups
Despite all the advances in the treatment of cancer, early detection prevents more cancer deaths than any other approach. If tumors could always be detected and removed when they are tiny, far more people would survive. Early detection depends on recognition of cancer's warning signals and prompt medical attention when symptoms appear. But what helps early detection most is self-examination and simple screening tests performed as part of your annual medical examination. This chart shows the American Cancer Society's recommendations for regular exams that detect cancer. If you have a family history of cancer, the frequency of these checks may increase. You should always consult your physician.