San Angelo Cancer Care

Shannon Cancer Center

Shannon provides a comprehensive cancer program to patients and their families in San Angelo and the surrounding areas. Our trusted specialists offer a complete range of services, enabling you to make the best possible choices during a difficult time. It is our goal to provide assistance, encouragement, and exceptional care through our vast resources. We take pride in the quality of our patient care, and our team continually strives to uphold our values of accountability, service, integrity, respect, and excellence.

The American College of Surgeons accredits Shannon’s cancer program with the highest approval rating available. Our affiliated physicians include board-certified medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and surgeons.

Medical Oncology

Medical oncologists are available upon referral by your physician following the diagnosis of cancer. During your initial consultation, our specialists will discuss your options—developing a customized treatment plan to meet your unique needs. We offer an array of treatment options including chemotherapy and hormonal therapy, which are primarily performed on an outpatient basis and administered by certified oncology nurses. Depending on your diagnosis, we might combine these treatments with other modalities, such as surgery and radiation. Additionally, referrals to research facilities offering clinical trials are also available upon request.

Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology is a form of cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays to provide localized treatments that can be used in isolation or in conjunction with other modalities. Shannon Oncology Center is the only radiation therapy center in West Texas accredited by the American College of Radiology, so you don’t need to leave town to receive the high-quality radiation treatments you need.

The technology available at the center is unique and advanced for its size. The center’s highly trained staff, includes our board-certified radiation oncologist, chief therapist, medical physicist, and dosimetrists.

Our radiation therapy treatments include:

Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
Image-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Stereotactic body radiation therapy
Stereotactic radiosurgery
HyperArc treatments

Surgical Treatment

Surgery is one of the main treatment methods of cancer, and your surgeon has a role in almost every facet of cancer treatment. The surgeons at Shannon Oncology Center possess expertise in the management of a variety of malignancies—utilizing the most advanced equipment and methodologies available. This includes our minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery options.

State-of-the-Art Oncology Treatments in San Angelo

The Shannon Oncology Center provides a comprehensive continuum of services for cancer care. To ensure a healing and relaxing atmosphere throughout your treatment, our center is equipped with:

28 outpatient chemotherapy chair stations, with each station equipped with a personal entertainment unit/television
2 Image Guidance Linear Accelerators
Fully staffed on-site pharmacy
Patient education center
Clinical and financial patient navigation services
On site supportive care including social work and registered dietitians

Nationally Accredited Care

Shannon Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. That means our Cancer Center meets rigorous standards for high quality, patient centered care that ranks among top cancer centers across the country.

These standards ensure our patients have access to state-of-the art services, innovative technology and research, and experienced medical specialists for compassionate cancer care close to home. Each cancer program must undergo a rigorous evaluation and review of its performance and compliance with the CoC standards. To maintain accreditation, cancer programs must undergo a site visit every three years. The CoC accreditation standards supply the structure for providing all patients with a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and supportive services either on-site or by referral, including community-based resources.

As a CoC-accredited institution, Shannon also becomes an ACS Surgical Quality Partner. Being a Surgical Quality Partner signifies an institution’s dedication to consistently improving procedures and approaches, while maintaining a critical eye on process at every step. The Surgical Quality Partner designation lets patients know Shannon Cancer Center is dedicated to quality and relentless self-improvement and has been verified or accredited by the ACS. Patients can trust that the care they receive at Surgical Quality Partner hospitals adheres to the most rigorous standards in surgical quality.