We do not simply treat diseases, we treat people who have diseases. Up-to-date medical knowledge and science are the cornerstones for quality management of the patient, but we believe that cancer treatment must be delivered with compassion and care. Each patient is given individual care tailor-made for that person.

Commitment to Excellence:
Excellence is achieved by making sure that every patient receives the very best possible treatment. Treatment plans are only designed after an in-depth evaluation of the diagnosis and the anatomic extent of disease. At that point, group consultations are obtained to make sure that the proposed treatment plan is the most effective one available. Our number one priority is the patient, not research. Patients are enrolled in research programs only when we are strongly convinced that the research program is the best treatment option for the patient.

Dr. Salem abides by very rigorous standards. He begins by confirming pathology to make a definitive and unequivocal diagnosis (which may confirm or significantly modify the initial diagnosis). Pathology (tissue for diagnosis) is reviewed by world-renowned pathologists at the Texas Medical Center. Also, in every instance, Dr. Salem personally reviews X-rays in consultation with several radiologists. After a thorough evaluation is completed, but before therapy is begun, our doctors obtain a group consultation with other physicians to identify the best course of treatment for the individual patient.

At every juncture in the course of therapy, additional group consultations help ensure that the patient is receiving the most cutting-edge cancer therapy. At all times, the interest of the patient is our main focus. After therapy is planned, chemotherapy is delivered by nurses with extensive experience in cancer nursing. Medications are of the highest quality and are mixed by a specialty pharmacy with vast experience in cancer chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is carefully delivered at the Centre by our staff, who know and care about you. Patients are closely monitored in the clinic as outpatients in private rooms.

Commitment to the Human Dimension:
Medical care should be delivered with knowledge and love; either one alone is inadequate. A major challenge in today's health care climate is to infuse humaneness into medicine. At Salem Oncology Centre, we are proud to deliver medical care in a milieu of humaneness, love and compassion.

Commitment to Hope:
We are committed to fighting and conquering cancer with knowledge, perseverance and hope. We believe that hope is essential in the fight against cancer. Progress in cancer medicine and research is constantly being achieved with new drugs emerging every month. We believe not only in the power of knowledge, but also the power of hope. We have taken care of patients with advanced cancer who were thought to be terminal, but were treated and eventually cured. However, we emphasize that at all times, the patient and his family will be told "the truth and the whole truth".