Nurses and social workers are here to talk through your questions or concerns. The Navigation Center is available to anyone impacted by cancer including families. No matter what you face, there’s a real person waiting to help just one phone call away.
888-422-1410
Avera Cancer Institute offers comprehensive care and services in Sioux Falls with expert staff plus leading technology and research.
- Prevention & detection
- Cancer screening and diagnostic imaging
- Breast center and mammography
- Genetic testing and counseling
- Cancer care & treatments
- Medical oncology
- Hematology, blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy
- Radiation oncology
- Precision oncology, chemotherapy and biotherapy
- Gynecologic oncology
- Infusion services
- Cancer surgery, including breast surgery
- Whole-person care
- Patient advocates and social workers
- Palliative care
- Integrative medicine and therapies
- Mind-body movement studio
- Nutrition counseling
- Survivorship care and support groups
- Art therapy
- Music therapy
- Cancer research and clinical trials
It’s common for people to want a second opinion regarding a cancer diagnosis. We can help. Submit a second opinion request to our cancer navigation center.
Receive your chemotherapy and infusion treatments under the care of some of the region’s foremost experts in cancer care. Most infusion suites are private and can be made semi-private by opening sliding doors. This gives patients the choice to receive infusions privately, with friends or family, or enjoying the company of other patients. Infusion suites feature custom-built chairs for comfort as well as TV and plenty of outlets for personal electronic devices.
The Avera Breast Center offers 3D mammograms and additional breast diagnostic tests including breast ultrasound and contrast enhanced spectral mammography (CESM), plus breast biopsy at this Sioux Falls location. Mammograms are an important health screening for women ages 40 and older. Request an appointment at this location or call 605-322-7465.
Location: 3rd Floor
A lung cancer screening is for patients who do not have symptoms yet, but are at a high risk. The low-dose CT scan looks for lung nodules that may be early lung cancer. This screening offers the best chance of finding it in its earliest and most curable stages.
- Simple, 15-second screening administered by a quick pass across your chest.
- Reduces risk by 20% of lung cancer-related death.
- Recommended for anyone ages 50-77 who has at least a 20-pack-year smoking history, currently smokes or has quit within the last 15 years.
Avera Cancer Institute’s clinical research trials advance the science of medicine and may provide additional options for cancer patients who qualify for studies we’re enrolling for. Patients always receive evidence-based standard treatment for all types of cancer, yet clinical trials may provide additional options. Review a wide variety of clinical trials, including several studies currently enrolling patients.
As part of a global consortium, Avera Cancer Institute joins others around the world with a shared goal: curing cancer through targeted therapies, based on the science of genomics.
- Avera Cancer Institute is the fifth medical institution in the United States to join the Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Consortium.
- The WIN Consortium is a global network of leading academic, industry, insurance and non-profit research organizations working to make personalized cancer care a reality for patients worldwide.
We welcome patients and families to engage in the Arts in Healing program to enjoy and relax with a welcome distraction while here. Original collections are on display in the Avera McKennan campus and the Prairie Center. Many pieces, including those by local and regional artists, reflect our home on the Northern Plains and Avera's healing ministry. We offer free Arts in Healing classes on a regular basis for cancer patients and their loved ones. To learn more, ask your care team.
