Resource for regular treatments
We offer a quick, convenient location for
blood monitoring and testing. As a small office
next to Valley Regional Hospital, patients and
families enjoy streamlined service away from
the activity of the main building. Parking,
registration, and scheduling are simplified in
this specialized treatment center for cancer.
The Kane Center offers initial oncologic
evaluations and medical follow up from Norris
Cotton Cancer Center experts—a boardcertified
oncologist and board certified nurse
practitioner. A certified oncology nurse
provides chemotherapy and other infusion
services such as intravenous medication,
hydration, and injections. A specially equipped
infusion room offers a comfortable, personal
setting for regular treatments.
Individuals and their families play a central role
in creating a treatment plan that is consistent
with their goals and needs. A patient's care is
closely coordinated with referring physicians
and other specialty care providers.Through our
partnership with Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
our patients have access to the latest treatments
still under development in clinical trials.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center is one of the
nation's premier facilities for cancer treatment
and research, and a resource for specialized care
and clincal trials throughout the region. Norris
Cotton Cancer Center strives to bring care as
close to home as possible through outreach
clinics like the Kane Center.
As one of only 39 centers in the nation to
receive the National Cancer Institute's
Comprehensive Cancer Center designation, the
Center offers programs and services usually
available only in more urban areas.
Patients receive the most technologically
advanced cancer treatments—developed here
and in collaboration with scientists throughout
the nation.The Center also leads in developing
better ways to alleviate symptoms for cancer
patients during all phases of their disease.
Scientists at Norris Cotton Cancer Center
study the causes of cancer and how it can be
prevented and cured. Discoveries in the
laboratories and clinical facilities of the Center
are advancing the worldwide dream of
eliminating cancer entirely.
Specialized care for cancer
At the Kane Center, our goal is to provide
treatments to cure or control disease.We work
with patients and families to maintain quality
of life during treatment. Our holistic approach
to care embraces the whole person—physical,
psychosocial, and spiritual.We offer support,
education, and compassion for patients and
their families.
Treatment for cancer is convenient, easy, and
close to home at the Kane Center. Staffed by
oncology specialists from Norris Cotton
Cancer Center, a component of Dartmouth-
Hitchcock Medical Center, patients have a
local resource for sophisticated treatments in a
warm, friendly, private setting.
Part of Valley Regional Hospital
The Kane Center is affiliated with Valley
Regional Hospital, a critical access hospital
serving the needs of Sullivan County and
beyond.Valley Regional offers complete
medical/surgical care, critical care, behavioral
health services, and 24-hour emergency care. In
addition to oncology services,Valley Regional
Hospital offers on-site laboratory and radiology
departments (x-ray, CT Scan, MRI) and a
comprehensive array of diagnostic testing. In
addition to hospital-based services,Valley
Regional also provides primary care, home
health, visiting nurses, homemakers,
companions, and hospice care.
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